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Book Review: Zero To One, By Peter Thiel, Ammon Kou
Book Review: Zero To One, By Peter Thiel, Ammon Kou
Marriott Student Review
This is a book review of Zero to One by Peter Thiel.
Exploring Startup Funding For Small Business Sector Growth, Job Creation And Reduction Of Youth Unemployment In Nigeria, Christian O. Akaeze, Nana A. Akaeze
Exploring Startup Funding For Small Business Sector Growth, Job Creation And Reduction Of Youth Unemployment In Nigeria, Christian O. Akaeze, Nana A. Akaeze
Bullion
Unemployment generates welfare loss from lowered output, income, and wellbeing which impedes social progress in a nation. Youth unemployment is a major problem currently confronting Nigeria (Nwogwugwu & Irechukwu, 2015). However, in developing economies jobs are created through small businesses. Nevertheless, unemployed youths with small business ideas experience financial constraints and lack access to startup capital. The intent of this study was to explore the experiences of some owners who succeeded with small business initiatives despite challenges from lack of access to formal and informal sources of capital. Semi-structured interviews with 15 successful small business owners located in Lagos who …
Business Mind To Business Owner: Finding Startup Success, Ammon Kou
Business Mind To Business Owner: Finding Startup Success, Ammon Kou
Marriott Student Review
Entrepreneurs face a host of challenges when starting a business. Three business owners share their experiences.
Market-Entry Strategies Of Startup Owners, Evgeny Tsaplin
Market-Entry Strategies Of Startup Owners, Evgeny Tsaplin
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Russia's startups fail at high rates. The purpose of this multiple case study was to understand the market-entry strategies used by accelerated startup managers to succeed in business longer than the first 3 years. The target population for this study was 3 startup owners who completed an acceleration program from the Internet Initiatives Development Fund and continued to operate businesses that generated revenue. The participants in the study were located in 3 different cities in Russia: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Tomsk. The conceptual framework for the study was Raheem and Akhuemonkhan's theory of enterprise development and von Bertalanffy's general system …