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In episode six of Tech for Good, Edouard Treccani, principal at Founderful, a Swiss pre-seed Venture Capital fund founded in 2019, discusses its mission to invest in emerging startups and support students at Swiss universities build great companie…

An informal approach to entrepreneurship is not only for small business owners who lack other options. Flexing between varying degrees of formality is the norm in many settings.

Ventures that change ecosystems will pioneer the impact economy, argues Adrian Ackeret, and they require a supportive environment for innovation, entrepreneurship, and funding.

The venture capital model has failed far too many smaller firms seeking the funds to grow but, argues Jerry Davis, there is a better way.

Economies across the continent are being transformed by targeted investment, but much more needs to be done.

Biotech entrepreneur Juana Lucia Flores-Candia explains that technology has changed the way to mentor chief executives. Here are her three ways to get entrepreneurs to focus.

On – one of the fastest-growing global sportswear brands – is a well-known success story. The company built its success on a unique entrepreneurial culture inspired by sports, movement and connection to nature. Despite hypergrowth and an IPO, On h…

What’s stopping more female entrepreneurs from setting up or scaling-up their businesses? It’s not ambition, but a lack of female investors – and a fear of taking control of the finances.

Since taking over as Chairman of Mehta Group, Jay Mehta has successfully turned the family-owned business around, steering it from the brink of insolvency to becoming a profitable multi-activity enterprise.

Civic wealth can be created through entrepreneurship, bringing together a variety of stakeholders and getting buy-in from communities.

French entrepreneur and mountain guide Marion Chaygneaud-Dupuy explains to Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation Julia Binder how she made a profitable business model – climbing Mount Everest – more sustainable by impleme…

Some startup founders never intend to start their own ventures. But sometimes a technology comes along that is too good to ignore.

While the founders and owners of Tech for Good companies are often driven by the ability to have an impact, day-to-day they face the same challenges that other startups do – finding investors and customers and learning how to build teams and…

Inspired by electrical engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla, Mate Rimac, CEO of the electric supercar company Rimac Automobili, is helping to drive a revolution in the automotive sector.

Social entrepreneur Sibongile Manganyi co-founded Alma Clinics in 2018 to increase primary care access to low-income communities in South African townships. Here are her five tips on starting a digital healthcare business.

Mate Rimac founded an electric supercar company in Croatia – a country with no automotive industry or start-up culture – when he was still a teenager, and against all odds, grew it into a $2bn brand with 2,500 employees.

A fragile foundational partnership and the misalignment of your workforce can be the Achilles’ heel of a start-up.

Ian Stewart and Aike Festini discuss what happens when things go wrong, how to spot the signs of an ailing business, and lessons that can be learned for next time

STADA CEO Peter Goldschmidt on instilling an entrepreneurial ethos to help STADA outperform its peers and making growth mindset a strategic priority.

Mickey Mikitani tells IMD President Jean-François Manzoni how he has grown Rakuten from an e-commerce startup into an ecosystem spanning internet services, fintech, and mobile.

Ensuring a smooth transition of a family enterprise starts with answering the questions of the next in line, write Peter Jaskiewicz and Sabine B Rau

Enterprising families need to take time to reflect on their greater purpose before setting up a family office and above all should avoid being rushed into decisions by financial institutions looking to sell their services.

Arnaud Henneville-Wedholm’s dreams of glory were crushed in a David and Goliath battle with Mark Zuckerberg, but he firmly believes that failure can be a springboard to success if managed well.

From a successful corporate career in the oil and gas industry to one as an entrepreneurial impact investor, alumni Chris Edwards, EMBA 2020, made a hard pivot mid-career and has not looked back.