User Documentation

• 1. The be_founders database
  • 1.1. Data
  • 1.2. Sample
  • 1.3. Database Structure
  • 1.4. Links to external databases
• 2. Quick start
  • 2.1. Parsed tables
    • 2.1.1. W01_exp_main_parsed
    • 2.1.2. E01_edu_main_parsed
  • 2.2. Flat tables
  • 2.3. Other tables
    • 2.3.1. U03_entrepreneur_dyads
  • 2.4. The be_founders dashboard
• 3. Methodology
  • 3.1. Sample and primary data sources
  • 3.2. Construction of the dataset
    • 3.2.1. Cleaning raw strings
    • 3.2.2. String disambiguation
      • 3.2.2.1. Matching organization names
        • 3.2.2.1.1. Matching against business register datasets
        • 3.2.2.1.2. Matching against datasets of university names
      • 3.2.2.2. Matching job titles
    • 3.2.3. Creating categorical variables from job titles and study programs
      • 3.2.3.1. Job titles
      • 3.2.3.2. Study programs
    • 3.2.4. Other variables
      • 3.2.4.1. Age
• 4. Description of tables
  • 4.1. Personal information
    • 4.1.1. F01_founders_info
  • 4.2. Education history
    • 4.2.1. E01_edu_main_parsed
    • 4.2.2. E02_edu_orgs_parsed_names
    • 4.2.3. E03_edu_programs
    • 4.2.4. E04_edu_programs_isced_levels
    • 4.2.5. E05_edu_programs_isced_fields
    • 4.2.6. E06_isced_fields_defs
  • 4.3. Work experience
    • 4.3.1. W01_exp_main_parsed
    • 4.3.2. W02_job_titles_raw_parsed
    • 4.3.3. W03_job_titles_parsed_onet
    • 4.3.4. W04_job_titles_indicators_onehot
    • 4.3.5. W05_job_titles_job_rank
    • 4.3.6. W06_job_titles_functional_areas
    • 4.3.7. W07_job_titles_other_indicators
    • 4.3.8. W08_exp_company_parsed_names
  • 4.4. Ready-to-use (analysis)
    • 4.4.1. U01_exp_flat
    • 4.4.2. U02_edu_flat
    • 4.4.3. U03_entrepreneur_dyads
  • 4.5. Raw tables
    • 4.5.1. R01_be_founders_source
    • 4.5.2. R02_edu_source
    • 4.5.3. R03_exp_source
  • 4.6. Other tables
    • 4.6.1. T01_org_concordance
    • 4.6.2. T02_orbis_company_data
    • 4.6.3. T03_orbis_bvd_sectors
    • 4.6.4. T04_edu_concordance_ALL
    • 4.6.5. T05_international_orgs
    • 4.6.6. T06_compustat
    • 4.6.7. T07_crunchbase_2013
    • 4.6.8. T08_crunchbase_2015
    • 4.6.9. T09_crsp
    • 4.6.10. T11_eter
    • 4.6.11. T12_carnegie
    • 4.6.12. T13_universities_bxl_wallonie
    • 4.6.13. T14_schools
    • 4.6.14. T15_webometrics
    • 4.6.15. T16_cb_companies
    • 4.6.16. T17_cb_industries
    • 4.6.17. T18_cb_names
    • 4.6.18. T19_entrepreneur_dyads_industries
    • 4.6.19. T20_entrepreneur_dyads_sectors
    • 4.6.20. T21_cofounders_count
    • 4.6.21. T22_employee_turnover
    • 4.6.22. T23_orbis_financial_data
    • 4.6.23. T24_cb_focal_startups_landing
    • 4.6.24. T25_focal_startups_cbuuid_orgid_bvd
    • 4.6.25. T26_kbo_status
    • 4.6.26. T27_cb_acquisition
    • 4.6.27. T28_funding_round
• 5. Using the SQLite db
• 6. Links