Workshop on Entrepreneurial
Finance and Innovation
A bi-weekly, virtual workshop featuring research in entrepreneurial finance and innovation. Papers will be both invited and solicited with a call for papers. The next workshop takes place on Zoom in Fall 2020. The WEFI organizers are Michael Ewens, Yael Hochberg, Song Ma and David Robinson.
40 minute presentation (Zoom webinar)
15 minute invited discussion
10 min moderated Q&A (collect questions during presentations)
Use this sign-up form join the mailing list for workshop announcements and the call for papers. We will send separate RSVPs for the presentations.
January 18th, 2021 (Register)
WEFI Lecture Series
Topic: "Bankruptcy of the Small Firm"
Presenter: Kate Waldock (Columbia Law School)
February 1st, 2021 (Register)
Student-led Workshop on Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation
February 15th, 2021 (Register)
"A Valuation Model of Venture Capital-Backed Companies with Multiple Financing Rounds" (pdf)
Presenter: Will Gornall (UBC)
Discussant: TBD
February 22nd, 2021 (Register)
WEFI Lecture Series
Topic: "Experimentation and the Innovative Entrepreneur"
Presenter: Ramana Nanda (Imperial College)
March 22, 2021
WEFI Lecture Series
Topic: Behavioral Economics and Entrepreneurship
Presenter: David Robinson (Duke)
March 29, 2021
WEFI seminar TBA
April 5th, 2021
WEFI Lecture Series
Topic: Raising Capital beyond Venture Capital
Presenter: Yael Hochberg (Rice)
April 19th, 2021(Register)
WEFI Seminar: "Fencing Off Silicon Valley: Cross-Border Venture Capital and Technology Spillovers"
Presenter: Yulia Zhestkova (Chicago)
Discussant: TBA
May 3rd, 2021
Panel discussion
Topic: New Frontiers in Entrepreneurial Finance Research
May 10th, 2021 (Register)
WEFI Seminar: "Learning from Errors in Entrepreneurship"
Presenter: Camille Hebert (Toronto)
Discussant: TBA