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The impact of founder personalities on startup success

Author: McCarthy, P., Gong, X., Braesemann, F., Stephany, F., Rizoiu, M.-A., & Kern, M. L.
Published in: Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1-12
Year: 2023
Type: Academic articles

Startup companies solve many of today’s most challenging problems, such as the decarbonisation of the economy or the development of novel life-saving vaccines. Startups are a vital source of innovation, yet the most innovative are also the least likely to survive. The probability of success of startups has been shown to relate to several firm-level factors such as industry, location and the economy of the day. Still, attention has increasingly considered internal factors relating to the firm’s founding team, including their previous experiences and failures, their centrality in a global network of other founders and investors, as well as the team’s size. The effects of founders’ personalities on the success of new ventures are, however, mainly unknown.

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