Serial entrepreneurs in the Waterloo ecosystem

Prescott C. Ensign1, Steve Farlow2
1Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
2Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship, Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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