A conversation with HBS senior lecturer Jeffrey Rayport on the biggest stumbling blocks to long-lasting success.

How to Make Your Graph to the Same Scale on a Vertical & Horizontal Axis in Excel. When you create a graph in Excel, the software automatically sizes the X and Y axis lines, so the data you want ...

Knowledge graphs are well-suited to organizations with large data sets and where extracting knowledge often proves burdensome.

The representation of numbers in graphs should be proportional to the numbers themselves. Otherwise, they mislead or deceive. Examples of misleading graphs not drawn to scale and a figure with ...

As global appetite for giga-scale green hydrogen projects grows, the business risks associated with getting this promising industry out of the starting blocks are considerable.

In this graph the intervals on the bottom axis are unequal, making it difficult to read. Scales should either start at zero, or be concertinaed (squashed) as shown in the y-axis in the above graph.

Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat., the bestselling entrepreneurial guide by Colin C. Campbell, has won the Gold Medal in the Entrepreneurship / Small Business category at the 2025 Axiom Business Book ...

Why Intelligent Entrepreneurs Like Mark Cuban Embrace the Rule of Niche at Scale Looking for a small-business idea? Think like Mark Cuban and seek to avoid major market competition, at least at first.