I. J. of Business & Management Research
Research Article | 
Unlocking the Cult of Early-Stage High-Tech Startup Founders
Author(s) : Priyanka Botny Srinath
Publisher : FOREX Publication
Published : 19 March 2021
e-ISSN : 2347-4696
Page(s) : 85-87
Abstract
In this paper, we unlock the cult of high-tech startup founders by taking a sample case study and observing various early-stage founders. Performing ethnographic studies has pointed us in the direction to use patents as a qualifier for technological credibility which serves as an inspiration to such startup founders. When the newbie startup founders are seeking funding, they need to define traits of the success laid out by top high-tech companies that were once startups. We observed 300 early-stage high-tech startup founders around the world, while some of them were in college, some quit college and others start after getting substantial work experience. The high-tech startup world is full of innovative ideas to solve big problems and introduce the workable tech solution to their respective markets. We performed a case study of an early-stage startup that won an innovation challenge and how they struggled to reach credibility and revenue success. Overall, we define this outcome as a cult among the early-stage high-tech startup founders while unlocking revenue success, patenting to scale innovation and human element.
Keywords: High-tech innovation , Startups , Patents, Cult
General Terms: Founders , Market , Brand, Revenue , Value, Product
Priyanka Botny Srinath , Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK , Orcid ID: 0000-0002-1050-9957 ; Email: botny.priyanka@gmail.com
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Priyanka Botny Srinath (2021), Unlocking the Cult of Early-Stage High-Tech Startup Founders. IJBMR 9(1), 85-87. DOI: 10.37391/IJBMR.090112.