Is the "VC or bust" narrative actually true for every founder? 💸 In our latest publication, “What You Want is What You (Maybe) Get — The Influence of the Ambitions of Founders on the Financing of their Startups,” in the Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability (Vol. 21, No. 1, 2026), we give the answers.
https://doi.org/10.33423/cvk87v19
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Science confirms what many suspected: startup diversity isn't just nice, it's profitable! NBER study shows native-immigrant founding teams outperform homogeneous ones - better funding, growth, and exits. Turns out different backgrounds = different networks = different opportunities. Who knew inclusion had an ROI? 📈
https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/12/0114232/native-immigrant-entrepreneurial-synergies
The abstract of a study on NBER: We examine the performance of startups co-founded by immigrant and native teams. Leveraging unique data linking startups to founders' and employees' employment and education histories, we find native-migrant teams outperform native-only and migrant-only teams. Nati...
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