Founder competence, the environment, and venture performance.

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice;  March 22, 1994 ;   Chandler, Gaylen N. Hanks, Steven H.;   787 words ......study of individual differences in business founders that may affect the propensity to...previous research, understanding how business founders interact with the development and...research proposes a model of how business founders are related to the performance of...

The business gestation process of novice, serial, and parallel business...

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice;  June 22, 1998 ;   Alsos, Gry Agnete Kolvereid, Lars;   787 words ......researchers to consider multiple business founders as something more than just a specialist...reported that the percentage of new business founders with prior founding experience varied...reported a high proportion of multiple business founders among surveyed founders (Ronstadt...

Unemployment and new business formation.

International Small Business Journal;  April 1, 1997 ;   Lawrence, Lucy Hamilton, R.T.;   787 words ......motivations and aspirations of New Zealand business founders, conducted during 1985 and published...before, the names and addresses of the business founders were extracted from the New Zealand...the founding group. Motivation of Business Founders Why people start businesses remain...

Family-Run Businesses Under Stress, Thailand Study Says.

Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 28, 2002 ;     343 words ......Differences in work experience and expectations between business founders and later generations also have an effect on business prospects...businesses last year. Some 50 percent of the respondents were business founders, with another 40 percent representing the second generation...

(book reviews)

International Small Business Journal;  October 1, 1994 ;   Stockport, Gary;   787 words ......number of employees is 100 or 200. The information on NZ business founders contained within the book is predominantly based upon a...unemployment or the threat of it and around 40 per cent of NZ business founders wished to be judged on the basis of the quality of their...

Enterprise holds key to booming start-ups

China Daily;  April 29, 2006 ;   Jiao Xiaoyang;   787 words ......for survival. About 56 per cent of the surveyed start-up business founders in Shanghai said they chose to take the plunge because...regardless of financial situations and education backgrounds, business founders have one motivation in common: To manifest their personal...

Business similarity as a moderator of the relationship between...

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice;  March 22, 1996 ;   Chandler, Gaylen N.;   787 words ......in-depth interviews with 10 business founders. The review of the literature and discussions with business founders revealed two major dimensions...them. In our interviews with business founders we found that often pre-ownership...

AVOID MISSTEPS WHEN YOU INCORPORATE.(Business)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 21, 2007 ;     696 words ......two classes of stock - common stock and preferred stock. Business founders should receive common shares. Preferred shares should be...corporate needs. Set conservative share valuations. Whenever business founders hand out common stock to consultants in exchange for services...

The rise of the 'alterpreneur

The Independent on Sunday;  July 24, 2005 ;     132 words ...'Achieving a balanced lifestyle rather than financial stability or a regular income is the priority for a new generation of business founders known as 'alterpreneurs', according to research just published. The study for More Than, part of Royal & SunAlliance's...

ENTREPRENEURS OF THE YEAR

The Washington Post;  June 22, 1992 ;   Martha M. Hamilton; Alex Pham;   237 words ......dollar businesses they started sell everything from candy and comic books to cell culture media and computer software. Nine business founders received 1992 Entrepreneur of the Year awards for the Washington area last Wednesday during an Oscar-like ceremony, complete...

A trade approach with broad appeal.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  June 20, 2003 ;     169 words ......no-nonsense professional feel about Melco Home & Trade, a Mitre 10 store in Noosaville, Queensland. It is clear the business founders, John and Mark Melville, had their roots in the timber industry, and today timber is still the biggest seller, with 30...

Use ALL Your Advantages to Obtain Financing, Minority Entrepreneurs Argue...

PR Newswire;  February 5, 2002 ;     787 words ......site offers new Entrepreneurs' Bylines from successful business founders addressing specific challenges. The Women's Growth Capital...features solutions-oriented bylined articles by renowned business founders and small business advisors. Launched in 1997 as one of...

Panelists at Las Vegas Venture Capital Forum Say Many Startups Lack...

Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV);  March 1, 2004 ;     467 words ......Alliance of Nevada, sponsored the event. What I see with business founders that come to us is that they are not prepared, Anderson...to. Joe Milanowski, an investor with USA Capital, said business founders must ask themselves whether their product or service will...

Eileen clears way for entrepreneurial success

The Northern Echo;  December 17, 2002 ;     262 words ......has been set up by entrepreneurs as a cross-sector networking platform to exchange experiences and help a peer group of business founders overcome difficulties and shorten the distance between the starting line and success. The not-for-profit organisation will...

Entreworld.org addresses diversity in workplace

Michigan Chronicle;  February 20, 2001 ;     738 words ......site offers new "Entrepreneur's Bylines" from successful business founders addressing specific challenges. February columnists offering...on entrepreneurship written for EntreWorld by renowned business founders and small business advisors, and makes all the information...