Entrepreneurship

DEI in business culture is not just a moral authoritative – it’s a strategic advantage for long-term growth and success.

Why Neurodiversity Is Essential for Business Growth

Neurodiversity is the key to building resilient, innovative, and forward-thinking businesses. By embracing the unique talents, skills, and passions of neurodivergent individuals, organisations can unlock renewed perspectives, drive creativity, and boost problem-solving capabilities. In an ever-evolving business scene, fostering an inclusive atmosphere where diverse minds thrive is not just a moral authoritative – it’s a strategic advantage for long-term growth and success.

The Risks and Rewards of African Entrepreneurship: Overcoming Africa’s Challenging Landscape

This free seminar features LPP author Ike Onyema Obi, a Nigerian entrepreneur whose path to business success reflects the challenges many emergent entrepreneurs face. He has mastered being resilient and agile in an African context – taking risks and seizing opportunities, filling knowledge voids by learning persistently, and shaping his networks to help grow his businesses.  

A Tale of Two Generations: Parallel and Divergent Paths of a Family of Ethiopian Immigrant Entrepreneur

In this conversation between Drew Harris, The Emergent Entrepreneur Collection Editor at Lived Places Publishing and Yoni Medhin, author of An Ethiopian Family’s Journey of Entrepreneurship in the US: A Story of Determination, Resourcefulness, and Faith, they discuss how Yoni’s entrepreneurial journey as a second generation immigrant was shaped by, but different from, his parents’ entrepreneurial journey as first generation immigrants.

On a white desk in an office lies a higgledy-piggledy stack of book, colorful spines visible. They are all popular entrepreneurship titles, such as “ Zero to One” by Peter Thiel, and “The corporate startup” by Tendayi Viki, Dan Toma and Esther Gons.

Entrepreneurship in Places Unexplored

Dr Drew Harris outlines his vision for the stories and explorations of entrepreneurs who don’t fit the “norm”, who operate on the margins, or who face challenges that others don’t.