What Does It Mean to Be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Manuel Stagars

Chapter Chapter 3 in University Startups and Spin-Offs, 2015, pp 29-54 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Thanks to the movie The Social Network, we now all know what startup entrepreneurship is like. Late night hackathons in the house in Silicon Valley, half-empty pizza boxes and shot glasses everywhere, groupies, parties. We lost a few friends on the way, but there is still the billion dollar paycheck at the end of the road. It would be nice if this were true. Unfortunately, it is not—unless you are Mark Zuckerberg. Entrepreneurship is fun, but rarely the sort of fun shown in the movies. More the fun of solving a complicated chess problem. Or the fun of writing a beautiful mathematical equation. Or combining many agents who seemed unconnected into a springboard for your product.

Keywords: Venture Capitalist; Instant Message; Deliberate Practice; Venture Capital Firm; Hockey Stick (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4842-0623-2_3

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