The Why and How of Founding Teams: Key Theoretical and Methodological Directions

Academic research on entrepreneurial founding teams has experienced the proverbial hockey-stick-like growth that founding teams so often envision for their ventures, yet is still in an emergent state. This symposium takes a deep dive into two pivotal challenges facing the field: advancing relevant theoretical developments and mobilizing rigorous methods, with interactive panel discussions among six expert scholars. Participants will also have the chance to engage more closely with panelists through breakout sessions, offering a beneficial opportunity to build a community of multidisciplinary, collaborative, and innovative scholars working together to advance research on founding teams.