WEFI

The next WEFI @workshopefi seminar is Oct 13 @ 12 pm ET. @florianederer (Boston U) presents "Digital (Killer?) Acquisitions" (joint w/ Regina Seibel (Toronto) + Timothy Simcoe (Boston U)). Discussion by Merih Sevilir (ESMT). Register here: gsb-columbia-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

The 1st Fall '25 WEFI @workshopefi seminar is Sept. 29th @ 12 pm ET. @LarisaCioaca presents "The Private Value of Innovating for the Government" @Afinetheorem will discuss. Register here: gsb-columbia-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

📢Call for papers! WEFI 2025 Fall Series will start end of Sept. We invite you to submit your Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance, and Innovation papers. Email to contact@workshop-efi.com. Deadline: Aug 15, 2025. Thank you for all your support to keep WEFI strong!

The next WEFI @workshopefi seminar is April 7th @ 12 pm ET. @VrindaMittal2 presents "Private Capital Markets and Inequality" Simon Oh (Columbia) discusses. Register here: bit.ly/wefi_2025_2

The next WEFI @workshopefi seminar is March 24th @ 12 pm ET. Andy Li presents "Do Development Financial Institutions Create Impact through Venture Capital Investments?" Martin Aragoneses (Insead) discusses. Register here: bit.ly/wefi2025_1

Call for papers! WEFI 2025 Spring Series will start mid-March. We invite you to submit your Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance, and Innovation papers. Email to contact@workshop-efi.com. Deadline: Feb 1st. Thank you for all your support to keep WEFI strong!

The next WEFI @workshopefi seminar is Oct. 7th @ 12pm ET. Apoorv Gupta presents "Demographics and Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Mobile Payments" (w/ Nicolas Crouzet, Pulak Ghosh, and Filippo Mezzanotti). Boris Vallee (HBS) discusses. Register bit.ly/wefiF2024_2

📢The 1st Fall WEFI @workshopefi seminar is Sept. 23rd @ 12pm ET Daniel Karpati (ESE Rotterdam) presents "Self-Employed Mothers: Child Penalties, Maternity Benefits, and Family Health." w/ @Fabercore Elena Simintzi (@kenanflagler) discusses Register: bit.ly/wefiF2024_1

Nov 18th: Jennifer Kao @jenn_kao (UCLA) presents "Representation in Product Development: Evidence from Insurance and Clinical Trials." w/ Tamar Oostrom @TamarOostrom (OSU). Discussion: Tong Liu (@MITSloan) Registration: bit.ly/wefiF2024_4

Oct 21st: @katjakissscher (Frankfurt School of Fin. Mgmt) presents "With a Little Help from My Family: Informal Startup Financing." w/ Brian K. Baik (HBS) and Johan Karlsen (Norwegian School of Economics). Discussion: Tom Meling (OSU) Registration: bit.ly/wefiF2024_3

We are excited to announce the Fall 2024 @workshopefi schedule. We'll host four excellent papers. Presentations start Sept. 23rd at noon ET. Schedule: workshop-efi.com Sign up to email announcements: workshop-efi.com/signup A 🧵on each paper follows:

Reminder to send in your papers by August 15th. The Fall 2024 WEFI seminar series starts next month: workshop-efi.com/call-for-paper…

📢Call for papers! WEFI 2024 Fall Series will start mid-September. We invite you to submit your Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance, and Innovation papers. Email to contact@workshop-efi.com. Deadline: Aug 15, 2024. Thank you for all your support to keep WEFI strong!

📢The final Spring WEFI @workshopefi seminar is on April 15th. Lindsey Raymond (@LindseyRRaymond, @MITSloan) presents "The Market Effects of Algorithm." Discussant: Runshan Fu (runshanfu.com, @NYUStern) Register here: bit.ly/wefi2024_raymo…

📢The next WEFI seminar is April 1st. Paul Beaumont @pbeaum (McGill) presents "Contract Completeness of Company Bylaws and Entrepreneurial Success." w/ @johanhombert (HEC) @AdrienMatray (Stanford) Discussant: Per Stromberg @pellestromb Register: bit.ly/wefi2024_beaum…

Thank you to everyone who submitted their paper. We look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks. @ProfSongMa @camhembert @WallskogMelanie @startupecon

April 15th: Lindsey Raymond @LindseyRRaymond (MIT) presents "The Market Effects of Algorithms." Discussant TBD Registration: bit.ly/wefi2024_raymo…

April 1st: Paul Beaumont @pbeaum (McGill) presents "Contract Completeness of Company Bylaws and Entrepreneurial Success." w/ Johan Hombert @johanhombert (HEC) and Adrien Matray @AdrienMatray (Stanford) Per Stromberg @pellestromb discusses Registration bit.ly/wefi2024_beaum…