Notes

INTRODUCTION

1.   The first attempt to draw a distinction, in our records, is in: Cohen, Susan L., 2013, “What Do Accelerators Do? Insights from Incubators and Angels,” Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 8 (3–4): 19–25.

2.   Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur, corporate innovator, and active blogger, is considered one of the initiators of the lean startup movement with his book: Steven Gary Blank, 2007, The Four Steps to the Epiphany (Wiley). The quoted definition of startup appeared on his blog in 2010: https://steveblank.com/2010/01/25/whats-a-startup-first-principles/.

3.   For alternative definitions, see (1) Weiblen, T., and H. W. Chesbrough, 2015, “Engaging with Startups to Enhance Corporate Innovation,” California ...

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