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"In pursuit of that subject, we’ve studied companies from around the world, across industries, and at different stages of maturation, hopping from Starbucks to
by gumballindie 4y ago
"In pursuit of that subject, we’ve studied companies from around the world, across industries, and at different stages of maturation, hopping from Starbucks to Stripe, Y Combinator to Flexport, Rappi to Kaspi, and DST to TSMC."
A curious sample. Unfortunately these types of "studies" omit the bulk of entrepreneurs that keep an economy running. Small businesses, 5-50 employees, that tick on without the glory and fame that outliers capture are more interesting and more likely to be achieved. Would be curious to see more studies about the types of entrepreneurs that build them.
- Kye 4y agoIt might be the actual research is more diverse, but they plucked out examples that were more likely to get people interested. Bob's Extruding in Elbow, Alabama might be a key plastic component supplier for the global economy, but nobody's heard of it.
- gumballindie 4y ago> but nobody's heard of it. Well naturally since all these papers are focused on lottery wining tickets. Running a small to medium sized business is far more relevant to most of us.
- burkaman 4y agoNo, you can look at all their briefings here: https://www.generalist.com/briefings https://www.generalist.com/briefings. They don't really branch out beyond software startups and big businesses, and don't seem to be interested in smaller-scale entrepreneurship.