Esade Entrepreneurship Institute
Shoot for the stars: It turns out celebrity angels do impact a startup's success
A 2023 report coauthored by Daniel Blaseg, assistant professor of entrepreneurship at Esade Business & Law School in Spain and Esade Entrepreneurship Institute researcher, explored the extent to which having a famous name on your cap table boosts a startup’s success — and it found it does, but there can also be some downsides.