Serial entrepreneur
A serial entrepreneur ( serial entrepreneur , even series founder ) belongs to the group of "Habitual Entrepreneurs " (multiple founders). In contrast to the second subgroup of “Habitual Entrepreneurs”, the “ Parallel Entrepreneur ”, the “Serial Entrepreneur” is only ever involved in one start-up project at a time. After completing the project, he devotes himself to a new project. It is not decisive here whether the projects are completed successfully or not, as entrepreneurs define themselves through their activities during the project. At this point in time, no statement can be made about any success.
Well-known serial entrepreneurs in the new economy sector are e.g. B .:
- Andreas von Bechtolsheim , entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and one of the first investors in Google
- the Samwer brothers
- Richard Branson , entrepreneur z. B. Virgin Group (airline, bookstore, record label, Cola, financial products etc.)
- Martin Varsavsky , Argentine entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Medicorp Sciences , founder of Viatel , Jazztel , Ya.com , and FON as well as investments in new economy start- ups such as XING , sevenload , Netvibes , Technorati and others. a.
literature
- Florian Kirschenhofer: Habitual Entrepreneurs : Factors influencing the long-term success of multiple founders. Lang, Frankfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-631-57679-3 .
- Deniz Ucbasaran, Paul Westhead, Mike Wright: Habitual Entrepreneurs. Elgar, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84542-249-3 .
- P. Rosa, M. Scott: The prevalence of multiple owners and directors in the SME sector: implications for our understanding of start-up and growth. In: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development. Vol. 11, No. 1, 1999, pp. 21-37.
- Paul Westhead, Mike Wright: Novice, Portfolio, and serial entrepreneurs: Are they different? In: Journal of Business Venturing. Vol. 13, No. 3, 1998, pp. 173-204.
- Alexander Brem: The Boundaries of Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Conceptual Background and Essays on Selected Theoretical and Empirical Aspects. Gabler, Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 3-8349-0833-9 (last chapter on Serial Entrepreneurs in the Business Foundation Process with empiricism).