PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Arnold Cooper
AU  - Shailendra Mehta
TI  - Preparation for Entrepreneurship
AID  - 10.3905/jpe.2006.650441
DP  - 2006 Aug 31
TA  - The Journal of Private Equity
PG  - 6--15
VI  - 9
IP  - 4
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/9/4/6.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/9/4/6.full
AB  - We begin with preparation. Cooper and Mehta review the files of nearly 3,000 firms to assemble data sets to analyze a series of straightforward questions about preparing to start a business. Does it matter how much time a person spent in preparing to start her or his business? Is it better if the idea for the new business came from a prior business? Some say timing is everything. How important is timing when starting a new business? Does it matter if the founder quit their job only so they could start the new business? And how important was the role of professional advisors in the start-up? If any of these questions seem interesting to you, take a look at our lead piece.TOPICS: Private equity, statistical methods, technical analysis, analysis of individual factors/risk premia