Are college dropouts successful entrepreneurs? Other than anecdotal evidence on illustrious college dropouts who managed to become self-made billionaires, there is only limited empirical evidence to answer this question. This paper addresses this issue by investigating the relationship between...

Previous research has proposed a range of factors that can assist in overcoming the challenges that explain the mortality rate of new ventures. The underlying premise of this liability of newness argument is that the lack of social interaction and social structures result in higher risk of...

Are college dropouts successful entrepreneurs? Other than anecdotal evidence on illustrious college dropouts who managed to become self-made billionaires, there is only limited empirical evidence to answer this question. This paper addresses this issue by investigating the relationship between...