Early-Stage Venture Incubation and Mentoring Promote Learning, Scaling, and Profitability Among Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs

The author gratefully acknowledges and thanks (in alphabetical order) two anonymous reviewers, Raffi Amit, Gary Dushnitsky, Emilie Feldman, Aline Gatignon, Martine Haas, Vit Henisz, David Hsu, Lori Rosenkopf, Lynn Selhat, Olav Sorenson, Pete Younkin, and seminar participants at Wharton and the 2019 Academy of Management meeting in Boston. The views and analyses expressed in this article are solely those of the author. The author declares no relevant or material financial interests that relate to the research described in this paper.