The life stories of 223 new Swedish ventures started by a random sample of firm founders in 1998 are examined. The previous literature is reviewed and methodological obstacles are presented. Ignoring what happens to new ventures that fail very early is limiting. A theoretical framework is...

New firms are often established through a series oforganizing activities, but little research exists regarding the impact of thesequencing of these activities on firm performance and survival.Thisstudy seeks to provide theoretical support for the belief that new ventureorganizing does impact...