The Accelerated Startup
(2016) FEKN90 20161Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- Keywords: Accelerators, Startups, Incubators, Seed Funds, Science Parks, Tangible
Resources, Intangible Resources, Clusters, Funding, Crunchbase, Bay Area
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate what tangible impact accelerators
have on startups funding and long-term
prospects.
Method: This study has used a deductive approach and a quantitative method. The
hypotheses that were derived from previous research have been tested with a Welch’s
ttest
and a chisquare
test.
Theoretical perspectives: The theoretical framework is based on theories and
previous research regarding the accelerator phenomenon, entrepreneurial support
agents, intangible resources, clusters and connected subfields.
Empirical foundations: The... (More) - Keywords: Accelerators, Startups, Incubators, Seed Funds, Science Parks, Tangible
Resources, Intangible Resources, Clusters, Funding, Crunchbase, Bay Area
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate what tangible impact accelerators
have on startups funding and long-term
prospects.
Method: This study has used a deductive approach and a quantitative method. The
hypotheses that were derived from previous research have been tested with a Welch’s
ttest
and a chisquare
test.
Theoretical perspectives: The theoretical framework is based on theories and
previous research regarding the accelerator phenomenon, entrepreneurial support
agents, intangible resources, clusters and connected subfields.
Empirical foundations: The empirical material used in this study consists of a sample
from a startup database, filtered against a number of criteria.
Conclusions: We conclude that while there is no disparity in the amount of funding
between accelerated and nonaccelerated
firms, there is indeed a significant difference
between the groups in terms of positive outcomes. Remarkably, there is no significant
difference between the most prominent accelerator, Y Combinator, and the average
among other accelerators in terms of generating an abnormal amount of positive
outcomes. Another finding is that joining an accelerator significantly decreases the
risk of a startup closing so long as the business is located outside the Bay Area. (Less)
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- author
- Alm, Alexander LU ; Moell, Carl LU and Olzon Dykert, Jonatan LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- FEKN90 20161
- year
- 2016
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- language
- English
- id
- 8921619
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- 2017-08-17 13:18:09
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@misc{8921619, abstract = {{Keywords: Accelerators, Startups, Incubators, Seed Funds, Science Parks, Tangible Resources, Intangible Resources, Clusters, Funding, Crunchbase, Bay Area Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate what tangible impact accelerators have on startups funding and long-term prospects. Method: This study has used a deductive approach and a quantitative method. The hypotheses that were derived from previous research have been tested with a Welch’s ttest and a chisquare test. Theoretical perspectives: The theoretical framework is based on theories and previous research regarding the accelerator phenomenon, entrepreneurial support agents, intangible resources, clusters and connected subfields. Empirical foundations: The empirical material used in this study consists of a sample from a startup database, filtered against a number of criteria. Conclusions: We conclude that while there is no disparity in the amount of funding between accelerated and nonaccelerated firms, there is indeed a significant difference between the groups in terms of positive outcomes. Remarkably, there is no significant difference between the most prominent accelerator, Y Combinator, and the average among other accelerators in terms of generating an abnormal amount of positive outcomes. Another finding is that joining an accelerator significantly decreases the risk of a startup closing so long as the business is located outside the Bay Area.}}, author = {{Alm, Alexander and Moell, Carl and Olzon Dykert, Jonatan}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{The Accelerated Startup}}, year = {{2016}}, }