Do you have an innovative idea that you want to bring to market, but need a push to get you going? Find a path to startup success with the Chicago Lean Startup Challenge, a 14 week startup competition ...

Market research statistics indicate that more than 300 million startups are launched globally each year. Of that amount, only about 10% manage to become successful businesses. Startups in the digital ...

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The lean startup methodology was originally introduced to help startups with new product development. “Initially crafted to help tech startups achieve rapid growth, the Lean Startup methodology has ...

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When someone finds out that I am an entrepreneurship professor, they tend to either ask me to listen to their startup pitch, or else they look at me quizzically and say: “But I thought ...

You have an idea you cannot stop thinking about. You can already see the landing page, the product flow, the future users who “will definitely want this.” Then someone asks a simple question: “Who is ...

Venture capital has entered a new era of constraint. According to EY, a $40 billion AI transaction helped prop up venture capital numbers, but without it, funding would have seen a steep 36% drop—and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I share tips about launching, validating and growing startups. One of the most important and difficult concepts to grasp as a ...