This paper contributes, by one way, examining the impact of informal networks such as personally knowing other … entrepreneurs and having accessed to business angel investors upon start-up entrepreneurs in Spain. And, by other way, a pseudo …-panel approach is used with micro data from the Spanish Global Monitor Entrepreneurship adult population survey over the period 2006 …

show that informal networks are important for start-up entrepreneurs. Knowing other entrepreneurs personally and having …This paper contributes by containing an examination of the impact of informal networks, such as personally knowing … other entrepreneurs and having access to business angel investors, have upon start-up entrepreneurs in Spain. In addition, a …