Exploring entrepreneurial pivoting and the factors that trigger pivots by tech startups

Pavan Kumar, Simon Philbin, Safia Barikzai

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Abstract

Technology entrepreneurship is an emerging domain in the field of entrepreneurship and the practice-oriented method called the Lean Startup approach (LSA) has made a big impact in this area. However, many technology startups continue to have survivability issues. This study focuses on understanding the theory of entrepreneurial pivoting and its associated factors. In this study, we have collected secondary data comprising 80 tech startups to validate the different types of pivots they pursued by the companies and the factors that triggered the pivoting. The most common pivots among these were found to be customer segment pivot and customer need pivot.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 17 May 2021
EventTEMSCON’21: 2021 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference – Europe. -
Duration: 17 May 2021 → …

Conference

ConferenceTEMSCON’21: 2021 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference – Europe.
Period17/05/21 → …

Keywords

  • pivots and factors
  • technology entrepreneurship
  • Lean Startup approach

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