While the literature on entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs) proliferates, we still do
not understand whether local ESOs benefit some founders more than others. Drawing on …

Entrepreneurship support organizations, such as accelerators, incubators, co-working
spaces, and networking groups play a vital role by providing information, mentorship …

Entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs), such as incubators and accelerators, are now
ubiquitous. Despite this proliferation, their impact on entrepreneurs, ventures, and …

Government sponsorship of entrepreneurship has become a popular policy tool in the last
15 years. Despite this popularity, past academic studies have largely focused on firm-level …

This paper asks how start-ups' participation in a mentoring program relates to finance and
survival outcomes and how these outcomes differ for mentored firms compared to non …

This project focuses on the role of research universities in US college-town entrepreneurial
ecosystems. Combining regression analysis and in-depth interviews, we systematically …

This paper empirically investigates the sourcing and valuation of venture capital (VC)
funding among entrepreneurs with varied levels of prior start-up founding experience …

Sustainable development startups (SDSs) are important to help overcome societal
challenges. However, starting an SDS or investing in them is a high-risk endeavor. Hence …

University-based entrepreneurial support organizations devote increasing efforts to create a
context and opportunities for interaction among start-up firms. The basic assumption behind …

Entrepreneurial ecosystems (EE) are composed not only of startups but also the
organizations that support them. Theory has been ambivalent about whether an EE is …