This research examines how startup founders' academic knowledge, and knowledge gained through startup founding experience, signal investors and attract investments. We further examine, for both financed and non-financed startups, whether these signals are associated with the startup's...

This research seeks to clarify the uncertainty in crowdfunding literature regarding the relationship between the number of updates and campaign success. By integrating signal theory and the notion of information overload, this study posits a curved, inverted U-shaped relationship between the...