Jockeys, horses or teams? The selection of startups by venture capitalists
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- Mar 13, 2023
- #Startup #StartupInvesting
How do venture capitalists select startups? Most research to date has focused on the attributes of either the founders (the jockey) or the business idea (the horse) as the determina...
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Ethan Mollick @emollick
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Mar 14, 2023
Great new paper on the factors that lead to VC funding. The human capital of the founders & top managers play a big role (especially years of education - probably stay in school!), but the quality of the employees they hire is even more important for predicting venture funding.