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Whether they are running a start-up, family business or a corporation, entrepreneurs are shaping the world of tomorrow. In the Entrepreneurship section, you will learn how entrepreneurship is shaping businesses and society alike, through new business models, products and innovations.

Entrepreneurs are helping to actively shape the world of tomorrow. Through innovations, new business models and products, they develop solutions for the big challenges facing us all in the future. That is what makes entrepreneurship absolutely central to social change. Entrepreneurship comes in many different forms, and entrepreneurial action is just as diverse: young start-up founders or enterprising serial entrepreneurs may behave very differently from a seasoned head of a family business that has been around for generations. Our Insights articles aim to shed light on different facets of entrepreneurship.

Whether a business handover succeeds is often decided long before the contracts are signed. Asking three fundamental questions early in the process can greatly improve the odds of a successful transition.

Why potential successors strike out on their own, and how the family company can benefit.

After an exit, entrepreneurs suddenly find themselves with substantial capital to invest. But preserving and growing wealth over the long term is very different from building a successful business. Here are some of the most common misconceptions about wealth management.

Many would-be entrepreneurs spend years waiting for that one brilliant idea. But successful businesses rarely start with a flash of inspiration. More often, they start with a feel for the market, curiosity and the courage to take the plunge.

In one of his last interviews before his unexpected death at age 80, American entrepreneur and author Bob Chapman told Insights about his approach to management, and his work with Raj Sisodia, co-founder of the Conscious Capitalism movement, on their seminal book "Everybody Matters: The...

Data is vital to most business activities; it's among companies most valuable resource,especially in the age of AI. Which is precisely why we must avoid falling into uncritical use of bits and bytes. The rule still holds: junk in, junk out. Low-quality datasets mislead even the best algorithms,...

For many families who own a business, succession starts with a conversation. But what happens when the older generation avoids the subject? And how can the younger generation make itself heard without turning a difficult conversation into a damaging one?

Experts are sounding the alarm about large language models increasingly being trained on synthetic or intentionally false data. This could have disastrous real-world consequences.

Succession planning has become one of the central challenges for wealthy families. What determines whether this wealth transfer succeeds is often less about markets or structures - and more about how families communicate, decide and govern. We look at a specific use case to learn about the six...

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Entrepreneurship

Ready for succession? Three questions to ask before the handover

Choosing not to join the family business - at least initially

After the exit: How should I manage my wealth?

You don't need a brilliant idea to start a business

"Many leaders were never taught to care"

Data is everywhere - but can we trust it?

Succession planning in family businesses: How to ensure effective communication between generations

Poisoning the AI well: the real dangers of model collapse

Transferring wealth across generations

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