How women entrepreneurs can raise capital in these uncertain economic times
Yvonne Hao, secretary of economic development for Massachusetts and former COO and CFO of Boston-based PillPack, shared her advice on navigating the changing economy.
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How this business graduate is thinking outside the BOX(Y)
What started as a project for a Marketing Strategies for StartUps class, is now a growing company led by Hannah Ung, DMSB'23.
Succession is a nightmare–and so is ‘Succession.' Why HBO's hit show is frighteningly accurate
Even at its most over-the-top moments, the show Succession is a shockingly accurate portrayal of what succession can do to a family business.
Proud Northeastern graduate Sal Lupoli—founder of Sal's Pizza—continues to grow his empire while redeveloping gateway cities
Sal Lupoli, DMSB'88, owner of Sal's pizza, talks humble beginnings to his 120 location pizza empire.
How Informal Entrepreneurship Impacts Innovation in Emerging Economies
Research by Juan Bu and Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra shows that new ventures in emerging markets, initially created informally, suffer from costs that persist and constrain a firm's ability to innovate even after they formalize their status. As a result of these informality costs, informally created new ventures are more likely to develop imitative rather than innovative new products. However, being acquired by other firms and improvements in the national innovation system can weaken the persistence of these informality costs, resulting in more innovation. To explain these findings, Bu and Cuervo-Cazurra develop the concept of internal imprinting, which captures how the internal characteristics of a company result in the establishment of practices that persist over time, affecting behavior and innovation. Managers in emerging markets should consider formalizing their firms from the beginning or joining a private business group to mitigate the negative impact of informality on their firms' innovativeness.
Can't find a swimsuit that will last? These Northeastern sisters gave up and started their own brand
Two sisters, Mia Boyan Lima, DMSB'25, and Sofia Boyan Lima, DMSB'28, co-founded a swimwear company together, “By Lima.” By Lima is a sustainable, affordable, high-quality swimsuit company.
‘We're a Northeastern startup at its core.' Student-led company succeeds through university resources
Shaan Arora, Khoury'23/DMSB'23, has created a software company that builds a loyalty program featured on small business websites.
Mushroom-infused coffee is tasty and has added health benefits. Northeastern graduate grows business from the ground up
Northeastern graduate Danny Walsh's, COE'15, MBA'18, love of coffee has sent him down a journey he never expected to take. By combining his love for coffee and being healthy, he created the mushroom-infused Peak State Coffee.
Jewelry designer Jennifer Fisher tells women at Northeastern to embrace fear - and ambition
Northeastern professor Jamie Ladge interviews entrepreneur and jewelry designer Jennifer Fisher as part of the Women Who Empower Innovator Awards event held in the Raytheon Amphitheater on Northeastern's Boston campus.
Nine D'Amore-McKim students and alumni announced to the 2022 Women Who Empower Innovator Awards list
Twenty-two is the lucky number for recipients of the 2022 Innovator Awards, given out by the Northeastern's Women Who Empower platform. A panel of judges selected 22 female honorees, who will receive a total of $220,000 in cash prizes, with first-place winners taking home $22,000 each in the award program's second year.