Student Startups : Topics/Questions to Explore :
Theories, Paradigms & Perspectives on Student Startups , Alternative Views
•In the 21st century, what barriers to startup/success limit the potential of the students ?
•What theories best explain venture creation, survival, or failure among technical, professional and social science students ?
•Are there important enterprising differences between these Student groups, the general population and how they approach entrepreneurship? How might these differences and/or generational status positively/negatively impact creation, survival or success?
Entrepreneurial Environments, Support Systems, and Social Networks
•What curricular / environmental factors, support / hinder the systems, or types of entrepreneurial ecosystems provide coping mechanisms for challenges faced by these student entrepreneurs; and help facilitate success?
•What unique environmental, social, and personal challenges do these student entrepreneurs face with respect to raising capital and securing new venture financing?
•How can women, minority and immigrant student entrepreneurs develop their social networks and social capital to compete for angel and venture capital?
•How do women, minority, and immigrant student entrepreneurs network with others, develop their social networks and build social capital both before founding and after founding their ventures.
Entrepreneurial Groups, Processes, Cognition, Social Responsibility
•Are there distinctive idea identification and opportunity recognition processes utilized by ( women, minority and immigrant ) student entrepreneurs?
•How cognitions, cognitive processes, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy for these student entrepreneurs are impacted by the environments they live in and the social network contacts they interact with.
•What role does social responsibility play in ventures created by women, minorities, and immigrants?
•How do women, minority and immigrant student entrepreneurs approach succession planning?
