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In __The Unicorn's Shadow__, Wharton School professor Ethan Mollick takes us to the forefront of an empirical revolution in entrepreneurship. New data and better research methods have overturned the conventional wisdom behind what a successful founder looks like, how they succeed, and how the startup ecosystem works. **__Bringing hard data to the way we think about entrepreneurial success, this bold call to action draws on the latest scientific evidence to dispel the most pervasive startup myths and light a path to entrepreneurship for those eclipsed by the hype.__** When you think of a successful entrepreneur, who comes to mind? **Bill Gates**? **Mark Zuckerberg**? Or maybe even Jesse Eisenberg, the man who played Zuckerberg in __The Social Network__? It may surprise you that most successful founders look very different from Zuckerberg or Gates. In fact, most startup origin stories are very different from the famous "unicorns" that have achieved valuations of over $1 billion, from **Facebook** to **Google** to **Uber**. In **__The Unicorn's Shadow: Combating the Dangerous Myths that Hold Back Startups, Founders, and Investors__**, Wharton School professor **Ethan Mollick** takes u
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- Author
- Ethan Mollick
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781613630976
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Finance, Business
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (66 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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