Navigating the Academic Journey: Passion and Persistence

In this episode, our guest is Sabrina Howell who is a Professor of Finance at the NYU Stern. We talk about how to finance innovations, fintechs, venture capitalists, private and public equity, and the role of government!

Current Host: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen)

Podcast Owners: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) and John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)

Time Stamps:

06:15 Financial Problems and Inventors: Equity Financing, Debt Financing, Private and Public Equity

11:05 Life Cycle Decisions of Innovation and Financing

19:49 Venture Capitalists, Gender, Minorities, and Entrepreneurship

27:10 Fintechs, and Access to Financial Services

28:36 Government Intervention, and Direction of Technology

36:30 Policy Suggestions, Theory and Practice

41:37 Gaps in the Literature

44:38 Cheezy Questions!