Today we’re going to look at a working paper by Michael Roach and Henry Sauermann (disclosure: the Kauffman Foundation partially funded this research). The paper, “Founder or Joiner? The Role of Preferences and Context in Shaping Entrepreneurial Orientations” can be accessed here. Survey work and descriptive statistics. They find suggestive (i.e. MORE >>

I was talking with a client the other day who was entering the job market after spending an extended period of time doing a mix of freelance work and raising children. He was concerned about holes in his experience, and the impact they would have on securing a good job. He felt scared, uncomfortable and insecure. She felt awkward, ashamed and stuck. MORE >>

Facing high employee turnover and no idea why? There are many reasons why employees leave: too heavy a workload, lack of career advancement or promotion opportunities, or even unrealistic job expectations. In fact, many of the reasons cited by employees when they leave are down to factors you can actually control. It adds up. MORE >>

28 Spheros + 1 Boombox. 4 Android phones = Mind Blown. Wow – have you bought a  Sphero  for Christmas yet? My Investments orbotix robots sphero MORE >>

A little more inside baseball from the VC biz… why VC’s rarely make “crossover” investments, with capital from multiple funds the VC firm manages invested in a single startup (see note 1). I was talking with an entrepreneur recently about this phenomenon. Why is this? Why wouldn’t Fund IV invest at this stage? MORE >>