Dr. Sophia BraunAcademia is a marathonAt last, it is done! 4.5 years after starting my PhD program, I successfully defended my thesis my thesis this March. What remains is a mix…3 min read·Apr 8, 2024----
Dr. Sophia BraunUncertainty competence as a key skill for the 21st centuryIn my dissertation, I studied the relationship between uncertainty and effectuation, and I focused on the areas of corporate…2 min read·Apr 7, 2024----
Dr. Sophia BraunPolicy entrepreneurship — how to be entrepreneurial about policymakingEntrepreneurship is about creating businesses? Not necessarily. In our latest research, Patricia Cabero Tapia, René Mauer and I show that…5 min read·Mar 19, 2024----
Dr. Sophia BraunThe evolution of enterprisesRemember Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory? It hasn’t only inspired the natural sciences, but also business and economics…3 min read·Apr 3, 2023----
Dr. Sophia BraunForget SMART, it’s okay to be goal-seekingWhat is your goal? This seems to be a common question, with a very common response — not knowing and looking it up on the internet. When…3 min read·Feb 27, 2023----
Dr. Sophia BraunScaling as the search for profit-market fitBigger, faster, better? It is in these terms that ‘scaling a start-up’ is usually talked about. The trouble is, just because a company…6 min read·Feb 20, 2023----
Dr. Sophia BraunMarket of Makers: How to give intrapreneurship a boostEntrepreneurship and corporate organizations are two totally different worlds, right? They can, but don’t have to be. Michael…4 min read·Feb 13, 2023----
Dr. Sophia BraunEffectuation: a shortcut to becoming an experienced entrepreneur or intrapreneur?Do you need to study entrepreneurship to be an entrepreneur? Or to act entrepreneurially in an organization? Certainly not. The school of…6 min read·Jan 30, 2023----
Dr. Sophia BraunWhat is entrepreneurship?A simple question, isn’t it? Well, as it turns out, this ‘simple’ question kept entrepreneurship researchers busy for decades. Let me…4 min read·Nov 28, 2022----
Dr. Sophia BraunFrom the pitch to pitching: what can entrepreneurs learn from athletes?Sports and entrepreneurship are about achievement, team spirit and persistence — and for both, pitches are essential.4 min read·Feb 6, 2022----