'Opportunity' is a central concept in entrepreneurship research, and this Article explores the relationship between law and entrepreneurial opportunities. We adopt the widely held view that entrepreneurial opportunities are ideas created by entrepreneurs, rather than resources waiting to be...

Entrepreneurship fuels our innovation economy. Venture capitalists concentrated in Silicon Valley fund our most promising startups that become household names. As this Article explores, however, large corporations have entered the startup funding space, with significant consequences. This...

The conventional wisdom is that entrepreneurs seek financing for their high-growth, high-risk start-up companies in a particular order. They begin with friends, family, and bootstrapping. Next they turn to angel investors, or accredited investors (and usually ex-entrepreneurs) who invest their...

Angel investing is different than venture capital. It is about 'for-profit philanthropy', or giving back to the entrepreneurial community while also making a profit. Market and legal changes over the last decade have caused angels to migrate online and into professional groups, changing the...