Archetypical Roles in Startups

Part I: Team roles in startups.- Chapter 1: Introduction- Chapter 2: What is known about startup founding teams.- Chapter 3: Archetypical roles in social interactions.- Part II: The relevant archetypes for startup teams.- Chapter 4: Studying archetypical team roles- Chapter 5: The validated archetypical personality test.- Chapter 6: A balanced team.- Chapter 7: The (anti-)archetypes you need in a startup team.- Chapter 8: How (anti-)archetypes interact in startup teams.- Part III: How to work with archetypical team roles.- Chapter 9: Archetypical toolbox.- Chapter 10: Methods for the entrepreneurship ecosystem.- Chapter 11: Applying the archetypical personality test in other areas.- Chapter 12: Conclusion.

Vanessa Miller is a Research Associate for Circular Economy and Entrepreneurship at Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences (HNU), Germany. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary American Studies from University of Tübingen, Germany and an executive Master of Business Administration from HNU. She has lived in the USA and Kenya and has work experience in international education. At HNU, she is responsible for collaborative projects with African partner universities, among others for the joint development of a master's degree in Circular Agro-Economy at University of Rwanda. Her research interests include circular economy, sustainable entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial teams and intersections of culture and business models.Prof. Dr. Jens U. Pätzmann teaches Marketing, Branding and Strategy for startups at Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Germany. He received his doctorate from the Faculty of Communication Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Jens U. Pätzmann is a co-director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and is one of few researchers investigating archetypes and their relevance to the startup ecosystem. Also, he is a member of the Africa Institute. His international activities focus on Europe, Israel, and Kenya. Jens U. Pätzmann has been applying archetypes to the practice for twelve years and has published extensively on exploiting archetypes for marketing, branding and organizational behavior.