Unlearning within accelerators

: how and what nascent ventures unlearn and why

Abstract

The study investigates startups that participated in acceleration programs and looks at factors that affect the startup success. Specifically, this work investigated that unlearning takes place within accelerators and it is crucial for the entrepreneur’s learning. Negative prior venture outcomes did not show to significantly impact unlearning. Moreover, it analysed that the venture can increase its technology, market and specifically in business knowledge. Technology and Business knowledge was identified to improve outcomes of ventures in a remarkable way. For this sake, two samples investigated within a qualitative and within a quantitative empirical study were established who stem from the Building Global Innovators accelerator and diverse accelerators from startups from the Websummit.

Date of Award	17 Feb 2017
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Cláudia Isabel de Sousa Costa (Supervisor)