Chapter 1. Why Startups need an Inclusive ecosystem to survive and thrive? -- Chapter 2. Investigating The Role of Entrepreneurship Education and Training in The Success of Women Tech Entrepreneurs: An Empirical Study -- Chapter 3. A Surge in Green Start-Ups in India: The Study of Sustainable...

We use employer-employee linked data to track the employment histories of team members prior to startup formation for a full cohort of new firms in the U.S. Using pre-startup industry experience to measure skillsets, we find that startups that have founding teams with more diverse collective...

We study the role of homophily in group formation. Using a unique dataset of MBA students, we observe homophily in ethnicity and gender increases the probability of forming teams by 25%. Homophily in education and past working experience increases the probability of forming teams by 17% and 11%...