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    • 25 Aug 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine

    by Rachel Layne

    Attracting high-quality talent is a challenge for any young firm. Shai Bernstein says startups get a reputation boost and draw more job applicants when they're backed by well-known venture capital investors.

    • 06 Apr 2021
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Disrupting the Waste Industry with Technology

    Re: Shai Benjamin Bernstein

    Rubicon began with a bold idea: create a cloud-based, full-service waste management platform, providing efficient service anywhere in the US. Their mobile app did for waste management what Uber had done for taxi service. Five years after the case’s publication, Harvard Business School Associate Professor Shai Bernstein and Rubicon founder and CEO Nate Morris discuss how the software startup leveraged technology to disrupt the waste industry and other enduring lessons of professor Bill Sahlman’s case about Rubicon. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 11 Dec 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups

    by Rachel Layne

    Small companies are receiving fewer applications, particularly from experienced professionals, according to research by Shai Bernstein and colleagues. How can startups overcome pandemic fears and compete for talent? Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 27 Oct 2020
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Does Venture Capital Attract Human Capital? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

    by Shai Bernstein, Kunal Mehta, and Richard Townsend

    Using a randomized field experiment conducted on a large online search platform, this study illustrates how investments by top venture capital investors attract potential employees and improve the pool of candidates available for the startup.

    • 20 Oct 2020
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups

    by Shai Benjamin Bernstein, Richard Townsend, and Ting Xu

    The COVID-19 crisis makes it more difficult for small, young firms to attract talent as higher-quality candidates turn to more mature firms. Such “flight to safety” leads to a deterioration in the quality of human capital available for startups.

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