This study analyzes the gender, education, and occupational backgrounds of high-
technology firm founders and the outcomes of their firms by asking three main questions: 1) …

With data from successful founders of high-tech companies, we identify traits common to
large majorities of them and any gender differences in those traits. There are few. Further …

This study investigates the gender gap in entrepreneurship in the technology industry.
Digitization has created vast economic opportunities in the technology sector and has …

Research summary Women continue to be disproportionately underrepresented in new
venture creation. We investigate whether and how founders can differently influence future …

In this paper, we analyze empirically the relation between the growth of new technology-
based firms and the human capital of founders, with the aim of teasing out the “wealth” and …

This paper explores the decision to become a mother among women in the technology
industry, particularly if there is an “optimal context” regarding startup development (business …

Interest in women entrepreneurship has been growing fast in recent years (for example,
Pines, 2002; Bruni et al., 2004; Boyd, 2005; Brush et al., 2006a, 2006b; de Bruin et al., 2006 …

This study was driven by an initial finding that female founders' participation rate in Israeli
accelerators is significantly higher (15.3%) than their participation rate in the Israeli startup …

Purpose: Given the scant literature of female founders in technology ventures, and scarce
evidence of Latin American startups, we have examined gender similarities and differences …

Research on immigrant entrepreneurs in the United States has focused on small businesses
in the retail and food service sectors rather than on high-technology start ups. Scholarship …