DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-957-0-0097

HOW PARENTS FOSTER SUCCESSFUL FOUNDERS

Alexander Roth¹, Ivana Blažková²

¹ Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

² Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The purpose of this research was to establish the extent to which parental influence contributed to the success of their offspring's first start-up. The study sample comprised a case study of 20 technologybased start-ups operating in Germany. Qualitative methods were employed for data gathering and analysis; semi-structured interviews as the research instrument and responses were analysed using content analysis. The major findings were that family was the major influence on start-up success in Germany, and fewer females than male entrepreneurs were engaged in start-up, both corresponding with earlier research. New findings included that parents who were not entrepreneurs also had substantial influence on start-up success, and that parents encouraged development of practical skills, related to communication, networking and competitiveness. The main limitation of the study was the small sample so that further studies are recommended with large representative samples, in order to validate these findings.

Keywords: podnikání, start-up, vliv rodičů, úspěch

pages: 97-105, online: 2023