Serial entrepreneurs

A study designed to show the dynamic nature of entrepreneurs identifies serial entrepreneurship as an important, but largely ignored, subset of habitual entrepreneurship. Serial entrepreneurs are defined as individuals who become involved in one venture after exiting from a previous one. The study analyses the behaviour of three kinds of serial entrepreneurs, namely serial deal makers, venture repeaters and organic serials, and concludes that two main types exist. The first group enter a second venture mainly for defensive reasons, while the second group are more opportunist.