For our inaugural episode our guest is Kathy Eisenhardt, Professor of Strategy and Organization at Stanford University’s School of Engineering. We discuss a recent AMJ paper Kathy and her co-authors explored about entrepreneurship and decision making. The results are intriguing and also speak to the broader theme of how low power actors navigate relationships with high power actors Kathy also shares some of her “Simple Rules” to navigating the complex field of strategy research. Including how she used insights from her own research to pick a publisher for her book.