Forbes contributor Frederick Daso describes how two female MBA students at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Preeti Sampat and Jaida Yang, started their own venture capital firm in an effort to, “bridge the geographical and diversity gaps in the current early-stage investing ecosystem.”
In a commentary on CNBC, graduate student J. Daniel Kim and a co-author describe research with Prof. Pierre Azoulay and the U.S. Census Bureau on the average age of successful entrepreneurs. By working with the U.S. Census Bureau, they were able “to examine all businesses launched in the U.S. between 2007 and 2014, encompassing 2.7 million founders.”
Prof. Harvey Lodish and Prof. Emeritus Nancy Hopkins explain in The Boston Globe that the lack of women in the biotech industry stems from the exclusion of women at the venture capital firms that fund those companies. “Including more women in the pool of venture and biotech leaders will insure the success of the Massachusetts biopharmaceutical ecosystem,” Profs. Lodish and Hopkins conclude.
Wall Street Journal reporter Alexander Davis writes that MIT researchers have found venture capitalists would have better exit success rates if they relied more on mathematical models to build their portfolios. The study examined the, “exit probabilities among thousands of startups since 2000 seems to bolster the argument for letting quantitative analytics drive more of the venture industry.”
Fortune reporter Jeremy Quittner writes about a new study by MIT researchers that examines why women are less likely to get VC funding than men. The researchers found that “women-owned companies do a certain amount of self-sorting into industries that are probably less risky, and so also lack high-growth potential that VCs find most attractive.”
BetaBoston reporter Curt Woodward writes that a new study co-authored by MIT researchers finds that startups perform better when venture capitalists are one plane ride away. The researchers found that “startups that were connected to their investors’ cities by a new direct flight were granted about 3 percent more patents.”
Sara Murray of The Wall Street Journal speaks with MIT Sloan student Erica Swallow about the gender gap in large venture capital firms. Swallow discusses her op-ed recounting her experience interning with a venture capital firm over the summer.
“A series of three studies reveals that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitches is identical,” writes Carmen Nobel of Forbes on the findings of a new paper co-authored by Professor Fiona Murray.
In a Bloomberg TV appearance, Professor Fiona Murray explains her latest research that shows how the gender gap plays into venture capital funding. Murray also discusses ways to encourage females to pursue careers in science and technology.
During a HuffPost Live panel discussion, Professor Fiona Murray speaks about her new research that shows venture capitalists prefer attractive men to women when funding new startups. In addition to Murray, the panel featured leading female entrepreneurs and journalists.
NPR’s All Tech Considered looks at new research from MIT Professor Fiona Murray that indicates attractive males are more likely to receive funding for their startups than females.
Guardian reporter Holly Welham writes that MIT researchers “found that male entrepreneurs were 60% more likely than women to succeed and that physical attractiveness produced a 36% increase in pitch success.”