Despite the importance of technology entrepreneurship, we know little about what factors lead to a tech entrepreneurial career. Based on the biographies of “black swan” tech entrepreneurs, this paper first inductively identifies the adolescent tech entrepreneurial learning ecosystem that is shared by them. We then empirically test the impact of the adolescent tech entrepreneurial learning ecosystem on individuals’ tech entrepreneurial career by using a large longitudinal dataset tracing 3116 individuals over 20 years from adolescence through adulthood. We find that the adolescent tech entrepreneurial learning ecosystem impacts individuals’ tech entrepreneurial intentions, commitments, and ultimately careers. This study ends with detailed policy implications.

尽管技术创业很重要，但我们对导致技术创业职业的因素知之甚少。本文以“黑天鹅”科技创业者的生平事迹为基础，首先归纳识别出他们共享的青少年科技创业学习生态系统。然后，我们通过使用大型纵向数据集追踪 3116 名从青春期到成年的 20 年间的个体，实证检验了青少年科技创业学习生态系统对个人科技创业生涯的影响。我们发现，青少年科技创业学习生态系统会影响个人的科技创业意图、承诺，并最终影响其职业生涯。本研究以详细的政策含义结束。