Much research has been devoted to look for characteristics that drive individuals towards engaging in entrepreneurship …. Less attention has been given to the question of what makes people persist in or exit from entrepreneurship. Recent years …

, suggesting that male founders vicariously learn from their daughters about the constraints women face throughout the daughters …

continue working on or disengage from their ventures. We theorize and test how entrepreneurs with varying levels of experience … entrepreneurs are more likely to quit their ventures, while moderately experienced entrepreneurs are more likely to persist in their …