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Hershenson: 42% of surveyed entrepreneurs started a business as children

Mar Hershenson · #AIS: Pear VC’s Mar Hershenson on making successful founders · May 30, 2022 · at 2:20

Mar Hershenson, Founding Managing Partner at Pear VC, cites academic research on entrepreneurship traits during a keynote presentation at the All-In Summit.

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“So researchers at Northeastern surveyed a hundred, hundreds of entrepreneurs, and they counted that 42% of them had started a business as a kid.”

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Researchers at Northeastern University surveyed hundreds of entrepreneurs and found that 42% had started a business during childhood.

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Assessment

In October 2006, Northeastern University's School of Technological Entrepreneurship conducted a survey of over 200 U.S. entrepreneurs. The study found that 42% of the surveyed entrepreneurs had launched their first business venture during childhood.

An October 2006 survey by Northeastern University's School of Technological Entrepreneurship found that 42% of surveyed entrepreneurs started their first business venture during childhood.
The findings were reported in contemporary publications such as Inc. Magazine and Entrepreneur Magazine in October 2006.

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[1] sectorshare.org.uk [2] inc.com [3] vailvalleypartnership.com [4] janmelnik.com [5] entrepreneur.com [6] northeastern.edu [7] scispace.com

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