Karl Vesper

Class Action

DON'T EXPECT TO SEE STUdents rushing to start businesses after taking one of those new courses in entrepreneurship. Such offerings have become a gro...  Read more

The author's assertion that business schools lack interest in small business hardly seems to agree with the findings of the study cited on page 22 of the ...  Read more

What America Needs Is A Few Good Failures

Four years ago, David Birch showed that small companies create most of the country's jobs. Now he has found that failure is just as important as success in k...  Read more

Registry: Who's Who in Small-Business Research

Sixteen thumbnail sketchs of the country's leading small-business economists, complete with e-mail addresses.  Read more

Campus Businesses Have Fun, Make Profits

The word "demonstration" at colleges and universities these days is more likely to refer to a product demonstration than to a protest march. When student...  Read more

Campus Inc.

An introduction to the Inc. cover story on the hottest entrepreneurial programs offered by universities. Includes brief descriptions of more unique ...  Read more

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship comes from entrepreneur, anglicized from the original French word. It means someone who undertakes something. Merriam-Webster defines "e...  Read more

The Evolution of the Professional Entrepreneur

Characteristics of some company builders from days past and how they differ from those building businesses today.  Read more

John De Lorean And The Icarus Factor

Endowed with a reputation for genius by an adoring press and public, John De Lorean came close to pulling off an entrepreneurial miracle. But this ego, like ...  Read more