Investigating the Existence of the Lead Entrepreneur

This research involves an attempt to verify the existence of lead entrepreneurs, or alpha heffalumps, posited by Timmons (1984, 1994), and to examine their impact on venture performance, if they do exist. The authors used two samples drawn from owner/managers of the inc. 500 list of the fastest growing firms in the United States. Respondents completed the Katz (1974)/Herron (1990) Skill Typology and the Garland Entrepreneurship Index (Garland,...