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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"early-stage entrepreneurship"”.
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The language of early-stage entrepreneurship : strategic communication in venture evaluation contexts.
Early-stage ventures must persuade resource holders with limited information and brief interactions, making language a critical yet underexamined factor in entrepreneurial success. This dissertation examines how language complexity, adaptability, and alignment influence investor evaluations in …
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Women & early-stage entrepreneurship : examining the impact of the venture funding crisis on male and female-led technology start-ups
… that number with attrition rates during each stage, and finally study the funding outcome, fully accounting for survivor bias. This data could not be accessed. Therefore, we decided to use the financial crisis of 2008 which resulted in illiquid capital markets as a proxy, and studied pre- and …
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On the structure and internal mechanisms of business incubators: A comparative case study
… established economic development paradigm that entrepreneurship promotes innovation and encourages the creation of high quality jobs. In order to enhance entrepreneurial activity, the focus in Ireland to date has been on public-sector venture creation programmes. Of such programmes, business …
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Business models: obstructer or driver of early-stage entrepreneurial businesses in the west-coast district municipality, south africa? a model for change.
… their ability to build sustainable ventures. Early-stage businesses, in particular, struggle with resource scarcity, limited managerial capacity, and weak integration into broader market and institutional ecosystems. This study investigates how business models function as either enablers or …