Working with Startups? These are the Three Things You Ought to Know about Startup Teams
While much has been written about how startups work to develop their product, this paper focuses instead on how to manage the startup team. Based on a systematic review of current research, I present actionable insights about startup team characteristics; who they are, how they work, and how they st...
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| description | While much has been written about how startups work to develop their product, this paper focuses instead on how to manage the startup team. Based on a systematic review of current research, I present actionable insights about startup team characteristics; who they are, how they work, and how they stay together. I explain how these characteristics imply both opportunities and threats for the viability of the team and discuss how startup teams can be managed to increase the likelihood of their survival and growth. Given that the majority of startup failures are attributed to the team, not to the product, these insights are valuable both to aspiring entrepreneurs and to their external stakeholders. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5589bed746dd429eba2e2504a244e7eb2022-12-21T18:58:17ZengCarleton UniversityTechnology Innovation Management Review1927-03212019-11-01911514http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1279Working with Startups? These are the Three Things You Ought to Know about Startup TeamsAnna Brattström0 <div>Lund University</div><div><p>Anna Brattström works at Lund University, Sweden. Her research focuses on how people come together and work together in contexts such as innovative start-ups or inter-organizational R&D alliances. Her work has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Studies, Research Policy, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and Journal of Product Innovation Management.</p></div><p> </p> While much has been written about how startups work to develop their product, this paper focuses instead on how to manage the startup team. Based on a systematic review of current research, I present actionable insights about startup team characteristics; who they are, how they work, and how they stay together. I explain how these characteristics imply both opportunities and threats for the viability of the team and discuss how startup teams can be managed to increase the likelihood of their survival and growth. Given that the majority of startup failures are attributed to the team, not to the product, these insights are valuable both to aspiring entrepreneurs and to their external stakeholders.https://timreview.ca/timreview.ca/article/1279entrepreneurshipnew venture teamsteamwork |
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| title | Working with Startups? These are the Three Things You Ought to Know about Startup Teams |
| title_full | Working with Startups? These are the Three Things You Ought to Know about Startup Teams |
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| topic | entrepreneurship new venture teams teamwork |
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