Fruits of Failure: Preserving the Records of Failed Entrepreneurial Ventures

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Location: Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) | Robert Treat Best Western, Newark, NJ 40.738898 -74.170589
Website: https://marac.memberclicks.net/assets/conferences/marac_newark_2017programp3-1.pdf

MARAC registration required – While society has invested considerable resources in the creation of new ventures, these important drivers of economic activity tend not to produce traditional archival footprints. Because a significant fraction of startup ventures fails, we must think about novel approaches to identify and collect the records of failed entrepreneurial ventures.

Contact David Kirsch, University of Maryland