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New firms can attract resources by sending out signals about their quality. They do this because a new firm’s quality is often uncertain and hard to observe. But we don’t know much about what Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Tom Vanacker
New firms must attract two kinds of resources: talent and money. A recent study that I conducted with Tom Vanacker of Ghent University explored how a new firm's affiliations with venture capital Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Daniel Forbes
Many venture capital firms, business accelerators and other investors see the strength of the founding team as an important predictor of whether their investment will pay off. No wonder that Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Kevin Bryan and András Tilcsik
For venture capitalist Ann Winblad, being one of the lone women in a world dominated by men and hearing "no" at three pivotal occasions in her life only made her more determined and Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Ann Winblad
By Emily Pahnke, Ji Youn (Rose) Kim, Michael Howard and Warren Boeker Venture capitalists bankroll invention, but is signing checks the only contribution they make to the world of innovation? Our Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Emily Pahnke
In 2003 Noam Wasserman introduced the term “Paradox of Success” to describe how software company founders were more likely to be replaced as their startups attracted more capital or went Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Authors: Jon Eckhardt , Marc Junkunc and Mingxiang Li
Perhaps no other family is more synonymous with both capitalism and philanthropy than the Rockefellers. The family ’s fortunes in oil have made it possible for them to invest in initiatives that Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
In 2000, the New England Patriots football team chose University of Michigan quarterback Tom Brady in the sixth round of the draft. He became the starting quarterback barely two years later, and on Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Author: Jon Eckhardt
New venture capital firms must make a variety of strategic decisions about market positioning and relationships with the entrepreneurs in their portfolio. One choice VC firms must make is whether to Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: David Hsu
Entrepreneurs have several options when they need capital to get a venture going: family and friends, angel investors and venture capitalists. Growthfire LLC's Eapen Chacko, an advisor Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Eapen Chacko