Digital Entrepreneurs in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics: Who Are They?

Abstract

Digital technologies are key resources for entrepreneurial activities and there is great interest in digital entrepreneurship. While much research has focused on the role of digital technologies in entrepreneurship and how they are shaping the field, there has been relatively little research on those key players of digital entrepreneurship. Using data from Crunchbase and Twitter API and a learning machine, this study attempts to answer the question of “who are digital entrepreneurs?” This study reports that digital entrepreneurs in the artificial intelligence and data analytics (AIDA) industry are more likely to be male and to be active and connected online than non-digital entrepreneurs. In addition, they tend to be more extroverted and less conscientious and agreeable than other, non-digital, entrepreneurs. Our findings help to develop a clearer picture of digital entrepreneurs, which would be of great interest to investors, policy makers, current and future digital entrepreneurs and educators.

Digital entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education: a review of the literature

“…Extrinsic motivation was highlighted as a driver for business students DE intentions, whereas intrinsic motivation predicted the DE intentions of both IT and non-IT students (Wang et al, 2016). Scholars suggest that desirable personality traits can be encouraged by entrepreneurship education (Chae and Goh, 2020).…”

“…The entrepreneur's personality is considered a significant success factor for team formation and social capital development. A decisive personality, open to experience and striving for achievement, provides the required intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for DE (Yeh et al, 2020), which can be improved through a solid background of entrepreneurship education and training (Chae and Goh, 2020;Shimoli et al, 2020).…”

“…IT competencies required in e-business, on the other hand are valuable and irreplaceable for the formation and longevity of entrepreneurial teams (Kollmann et al, 2008). Digital entrepreneurs, compared to traditional entrepreneurs, are more sociable, competitive and vibrant on social media, which has a positive effect on networking (Chae and Goh, 2020). However, face-to-face contacts and positive dispositional affectivity are also required for further development of digital entrepreneurs' networking (P erez-Fern andez et al, 2020).…”

Building a Model for Financial Management of Digital Technologies in the Areas of Combinatorial Effects

“…Digital environment of the information society is formed at a high level of innovation, achieving what is impossible without attracting significant financial resources. The priorities of the national economic development on the basis of innovative elements lead to development of digital competencies in the human capital and to formation of digital entrepreneurship, the functioning of which is based on the use of digital technologies (Babskova et al 2019;Chae and Goh 2020). In this regard, the results of this study may find practical application in the implementation of management measures by the heads of foundations, corporations, and development agencies (Maydanova and Ilin 2019;Rodionov et al 2018), as well as individual business structures (Kolyasnikov and Kelchevskaya 2020;Maskuriy et al 2019) to identify key areas of investment.…”

“…Harmonization of economic relations of a completely new level determines the necessity of transition to innovative technologies capable of optimizing production and socio-economic processes, Economies 2021, 9, 52 2 of 15 as well as making significant structural shifts in the national economy (Bodrunov 2018;Zaytsev et al 2020;Dmitriev et al 2020b). Transformation of economic relations leads to the evolution of institutional environment and a growing public demand for forming a digital law (Rimmer 2017), regulation of social relations between counterparties (Chae and Goh 2020), consumer and seller (Okhrimenko et al 2019;Irons and Lallie 2014), and employee and employer (Ziaei Nafchi and Mohelska 2018), creation of publicly accessible and transparent development rules in the digital space (Blizkyi 2015), and contribution to the transformation of the structure of rental income in the economy (Zaytsev 2020).…”