Do serial entrepreneurs have a leg up on first time entrepreneurs?

Answer: Yup. Serial entrepreneurs are more likely to build successful startups.



According to the Harvard researchers, there is performance persistence in entrepreneurship.

They write, "All else equal, a venture-capital-backed entrepreneur who succeeds in a venture (by our definition, starts a company that goes public) has a 30% chance of succeeding in his next venture. By contrast, first-time entrepreneurs have only an 18% chance of succeeding and entrepreneurs who previously failed have a 20% chance of succeeding."