Dr. White’s Blog

Happy new year and welcome to 2024!  Last year I published a short message on my blog site to the En Factor® community about fresh starts and the opportunities that a new year can bring.  As I reflected on how to start this year, I knew I wanted to share a bit more, in my […]

Four years ago, I launched a new podcast, the En Factor®, with the intention of sharing and archiving stories of how an entrepreneurial mindset can shape people, organizations, and communities.  After several decades of teaching entrepreneurship and of studying the way ordinary people create extraordinary lives and organizations, I was excited to find a new

Each year, the celebration of the start of a new calendar year occurs worldwide. At that time it is not hard to find a gathering of people in every community and neighborhood around the world. Even if you choose to stay home with family (like I did this year) you can tune in to watch

A few months ago, early in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes and her alleged fraud with her startup, Theranos, columnist Andy Kessler wrote an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal entitled “Failure is Always an Option.”  In his article, Mr. Kessler provided a great essay on how important failure is to the practice of entrepreneurship. In fact, as he points out, some

After nearly two years of coping with the isolation required by a worldwide pandemic, we are finally able to spend time with people again. Most of us are truly grateful for much of what we took for granted just a few short years ago.  The opportunity to enjoy time with friends and family, travel and

I have to admit that I love taking personal development tests and assessments.  As you may know, if you follow my blog and other work, I am a big fan of reflection as an instrument for personal growth.  Like meditation and journaling and other self-development tools, well-constructed and validated personality tests can provide an opportunity

With the death of Steve Jobs a few years ago, our world experienced the passing of arguably the most influential innovator of our time. As an entrepreneur he was driven to impact the world and as such he engaged in the very core of entrepreneurship – creative destruction. Interestingly, Karl Marx, in his Communist Manifesto

Tomorrow I will welcome a brand new cohort of students into the Master of Science in Entrepreneurship program at the University of Tampa. Every fall and spring, I have the opportunity to teach the first class in the program, ENT 610 Preparing for the Entrepreneurial Journey. This class is one that helps to build community

A few weeks ago, I announced the pre-sale of my new book See, Do, Repeat: The Practice of Entrepreneurship, which will be available in early September, 2021.  Writing this book over the past year has been fun and a great learning experience, but it has also been challenging and scary at times.  Like my podcast a

This week is an exciting one for me.  My new book See, Do, Repeat: The Practice of Entrepreneurship, which will be available in early September, 2021, is now online for pre-sale purchase here!  Over the past year,  I decided to choose myself and work on a passion project that has been on my “to do” list for many years.  That is, to share what I have learned in more than 30+ years of teaching, researching and practicing entrepreneurship in a way that is accessible to everyone.  And here we are!  Getting within sight of the finish line!  This week and over the next month or so I will share a few excerpts from the book.  I hope you enjoy!