Equity crowdfunding is an emerging area of research within the broader sphere of
entrepreneurship. Since 2012, research activities are steadily advancing, providing the …

In the past decade, coworking spaces have emerged as a new and promising phenomenon
within entrepreneurship. Due to its prevalence, popularity, and potential for disruptive …

Male entrepreneurs are known to raise higher levels of funding than their female
counterparts, but the underlying mechanism for this funding disparity remains contested …

Many entrepreneurs are struggling with the question of how to deliver a successful fund-
raising pitch on crowdfunding platforms. In this study, we focus on the linguistic style of …

This paper provides a description of the crowdfunding sector, considering investment-based
crowdfunding platforms as well as platforms in which funders do not obtain monetary …

Entrepreneurs are turning to crowdfunding as a way to finance their creative ideas.
Crowdfunding involves relatively small contributions of many consumer-investors over a …

We examine investor stereotypes and implicit bias in crowdfunding decisions. Prior research
in formal venture capital settings demonstrates that investors tend to have a funding bias …

The dearth of minority entrepreneurs has received increasing media attention but few
academic analyses. In particular, the funding process creates challenges for either audit or …

In this paper, we examine when members of underrepresented groups choose to support
each other, using the context of the funding of female founders via donation-based …

Despite the omnipresent reach of the Internet, evidence exists that geography matters in
crowdfunding. This paper shows that some salient characteristics of the geographical area …