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Female Investors Regard Entrepreneurs' Workout Habit as an Important Factor for Their Investment Decisions
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Abstract
The study intends to investigate whether entrepreneurs who have regular workout habits would attract investors more in the venture capital field. Depending upon the aim, a ques-tionnaire of 19 pages combining 35 questions is provided to a sample of 110 financial practitioners in the venture capital field. The collected data was then examined with the SPSS application. The research data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statis-tical approaches. The findings will be addressed in the hopes that this research will help to comprehend the relationship between entrepreneurs' workout habits and the chance of get-ting investments.
Keywords
workout habits, female investors, venture capital
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Business and Policy Studies
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-915371-75-1
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-915371-76-8
- Published Date
- 13 September 2023
- Series
- Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences
- ISSN (Print)
- 2754-1169
- ISSN (Online)
- 2754-1177
- DOI
- 10.54254/2754-1169/16/20230981
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- 13 September 2023
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