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Choosing between a Student–Run and Professionally Managed Venture Accelerator

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  • Gordon K. Adomdza

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This case presents challenges facing a student–run venture accelerator at a major university in the United States. The student–run model has attracted much media attention for its uniqueness, but it has also raised questions about its sustainability. Signals from a new dean, not invested in the student model, are putting much pressure on the student–chief executive officer to change course—to tweak the student–run model and fight for its future or cave in to pressures to “professionalize†it and let students take a backseat in management. The case highlights challenges in entrepreneurial leadership of a student–run accelerator at the point of initial growth.

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  • Gordon K. Adomdza, 2016. "Choosing between a Student–Run and Professionally Managed Venture Accelerator," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 40(4), pages 943-956, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:entthe:v:40:y:2016:i:4:p:943-956
    DOI: 10.1111/etap.12145
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    1. Sansone, Giuliano & Andreotti, Pietro & Colombelli, Alessandra & Landoni, Paolo, 2020. "Are social incubators different from other incubators? Evidence from Italy," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).

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