%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T Working with Startups? These are the Three Things You Ought to Know about Startup Teams %A Anna Brattström %K entrepreneurship %K new venture teams %K teamwork %X While much has been written about how startups work to develop their product, this paper focuses instead on how to manage the startup team. Based on a systematic review of current research, I present actionable insights about startup team characteristics; who they are, how they work, and how they stay together. I explain how these characteristics imply both opportunities and threats for the viability of the team and discuss how startup teams can be managed to increase the likelihood of their survival and growth. Given that the majority of startup failures are attributed to the team, not to the product, these insights are valuable both to aspiring entrepreneurs and to their external stakeholders. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 5-14 %8 11/2019 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1279 %N 11 %1
Lund University

Anna Brattström works at Lund University, Sweden. Her research focuses on how people come together and work together in contexts such as innovative start-ups or inter-organizational R&D alliances. Her work has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Studies, Research Policy, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and Journal of Product Innovation Management.

 

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