Entrepreneurship

Frustrated with constraints imposed upon them by their employers during times of distress, many high-quality employees feel compelled to take the leap into entrepreneurship. This is most likely to happen when their companies face financial distress and become restrictive, says a study from Columbia Business School.

An entrepreneur brings employment to Argentina’s slums by repurposing a common clothing accessory.

Are you an entrepreneur ready for your 15 minutes of fame and thinking about auditioning for the hit TV show Shark Tank? Read tips from these alumni first before diving in.

A Chilean entrepreneur is reshaping the massive mining-pump industry — and his own company — through circular logic.

Intent on launching their own design brand, the founders of Clandestina have worked around the system.

A decentralized sales and service structure enabled Iluméxico, a solar power company, to light up its revenues.

The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School announced the winners of its most recent round of funding. Three new social ventures, including the first nonprofit organization and first all-undergraduate founding team, received $25,000 each from the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures.

These unique products and services created by Columbia Business School entrepreneurs will make you the world’s greatest gift-giver.