num_pages: 89
description: Bringing hard data to the way we think about entrepreneurial success this bold call to action draws on the latest scientific evidence to dispel the most pervasive startup myths and light a path to entrepreneurship for those eclipsed by the hype.When you think of a successful entrepreneur who comes to mind? Bill Gates? Mark Zuckerberg? Or maybe even Jesse Eisenberg the man who played Zuckerberg in The Social Network? It may surprise you that most successful founders look very different from Zuckerberg or Gates. In fact most startup origin stories are very different from the famous unicorns that have achieved valuations of over $1 billion from Facebook to Google to Uber.In The Unicorns Shadow: Combating the Dangerous Myths that Hold Back Startups Founders and Investors Wharton School professor Ethan Mollick takes us to the forefront of an empirical revolution in entrepreneurship. New data and better research methods have overturned the conventional wisdom behind what a successful founder looks like how they succeed and how the startup ecosystem works.Among the issues he examines:Which founders are most likely to succeed?Where do the best startup ideas come from?Whats the most foolproof way of securing the funding needed to take a company to the next level?Should your sales pitch really be something out of Hollywood?Whats the best way to grow and scale your company and create a thriving culture that wont hinder expansion?Mollick argues that entrepreneurship is too important both for society and for the individuals who start companies to be eclipsed by the shadows of unicorns. He shows we can democratize entrepreneurshipbut only by following an evidence-based approach that puts to rest the false narratives that surround it.
language: English
title: The Unicorn's Shadow: Combating the Dangerous Myths that Hold Back Startups, Founders, and Investors
publisher: Wharton School Press