dc.contributor.author | Hague, Douglas | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-18T16:26:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-18T16:26:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Douglas Hague, 'On Being a Knowledge Angel', Senate Hall, 2004, International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 269-286 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1649-2269 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/104287 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article gives an unashamedly autobiographical view of entrepreneurs, knowledge angels and the relationships between them, being based on the author's direct experience of five start-up companies. It first distinguishes knowledge angels from venture capitalists and business angels, defining knowledge angels as business angels with little capital. Its core is tailor-made case histories of the author and of two young entrepreneurs on whose boards he has worked. This makes it possible to consider the attributes of the author as a knowledge angel and also to identify key characteristics of successful graduate entrepreneurs, including the need for appropriate flexibility; for colleagues who provide a stabilising influence; and for continuous learning from experience and observation. The paper then considers what entrepreneurs seek from knowledge angels - especially experience, expertise and contacts - and what angels obtain for themselves. Finally, there are suggested approaches for future studies in this field. From this article, students and teachers with little business experience will obtain a better understanding of the way that entrepreneurial companies operate, their key business issues and personal relationships within them. It gives readers outside the UK a rare opportunity to identify similarities and differences between start-ups in the UK and in their own countries. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Senate Hall | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education | en |
dc.relation.haspart | Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2004 | eng |
dc.rights | Y | |
dc.source | International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education | |
dc.subject | knowledge angels|entrepreneurial case histories|support networks | en |
dc.title | On Being a Knowledge Angel | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.status.refereed | Yes | |
dc.publisher.place | Dublin | |
dc.rights.ecaccessrights | openAccess | |
dc.format.extentpagination | 269-286 | |