lower the number of fintech startups in a country. Overall, the evidence suggests that fintech startup formation need not be …

patterns and decisions of startups. Longitudinal data from the Integrated Longitudinal Business Database (iLBD), Kauffman Firm … evidence in the literature on the determinants of taking the leap from a non-employer to employer firm among startups. Several … interesting patterns emerge regarding the dynamics of non-employer startups hiring their first employee. Hiring rates among the …

Venture capital (VC) and growth are examined both empirically and theoretically. Empirically, VC-backed startups have … higher early growth rates and initial patent quality than non-VC-backed ones. VC-backing increases a startup’s likelihood of … reaching the right tails of the firm size and innovation distributions. Furthermore, outcomes are better for startups matched …