Do entrepreneurs with prior entrepreneurial experience outperform those who never before launched new enterprises? Conventional wisdom and a raft of research findings say yes, and investors know that it’s often wiser to bet on someone who’s started something before.
New Research Suggests Start-Up Experience Doesn’t Help Social Entrepreneurs
Your best bet may be to invest in the inexperienced woman, instead of the experienced man.
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