Entrepreneurship

Sep 7, 2022

How Exhausting!

What happens when water cooler talk turns into a constant vent session? That is what Poole College faculty, Tom Zagenczyk and Erin Powell, set out to discover.

Aug 31, 2022

How Hybrid Entrepreneurs Balance a Traditional Job While Simultaneously Starting a New Venture

Jon Carr and Jeff Pollack take a deep dive into hybrid entrepreneurs – individuals who balance a traditional job while simultaneously starting a new venture.

Mar 28, 2022

Relational Contracts and Foreign Managerial Distribution

Elena Kulchina explores one of the most significant challenges when taking a business abroad: the difficulty enforcing formal contracts with local employees, suppliers and customers.

Mar 21, 2022

Poole Podcast Season 2, Episode 2: Hard Truths, Mistakes and Lessons in Entrepreneurship, with Mike Glennon and Professor Jon Carr

Mike Glennon and Jon Carr, professor of entrepreneurship, talk about the hard truths of entrepreneurship, and how the clinical model at the NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic is helping students to "fail-safe" to better prepare them for their next chapter.

Dec 16, 2021

Refining B Corp Success

In a new exploratory paper, NC State University’s Jeffrey M. Pollack and Jon C. Carr, find that B Corps often experience financial slowdowns while pursuing certification.

Nov 3, 2021

The Future of Crowd-Funded Ventures

In response to an influx of journal submissions on the topic, NC State University’s Jeff Pollack and co-editors from Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice composed an editorial article containing recommendations for channeling research efforts into novel and productive directions.

Oct 6, 2021

Unlocking the Potential of Family Relationships in Entrepreneurship

New research by NC State University’s Jeffrey Pollack shows that family-like relationships can actually help increase productivity in early-stage entrepreneurial ventures, especially when there are age and gender differences that might otherwise slow initial growth.

Apr 12, 2021

Poole Podcast Episode 4: Chef and the Professor: Entrepreneurship with Vivan Howard and Lewis Sheats

NC State graduate and celebrity chef entrepreneur Vivian Howard joins Lewis Sheats, Assistant Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship, to discuss how to live the "think and do" spirit.

Mar 3, 2021

Opt-In: Engaging Entrepreneurs in Academic Research

Jeff Pollack led a team of researchers reached out to 1,500 entrepreneurs to determine how to best motivate them to participate in academic research.

Feb 14, 2021

Poole Podcast Episode 1: Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Spirit

On the inaugural episode, Dean Frank Buckless is joined by Cindy Eckert, CEO of The Pink Ceiling and Sprout Pharmaceuticals.