Although the perceived flexibility of being one’s own boss may draw those with significant family responsibilities to entrepreneurship over traditional employment, existing research on the interface between work and family suggests that conflicts between these two domains arise. In other words, while entrepreneurship may seem like an approach for juggling work and home life commitments, theory on work-life conflict indicates that entrepreneurs face many of the same struggles of the organizationally employed with family responsibilities. In this paper, we examine the impact of family life responsibilities on the ability of nascent entrepreneurs to accomplish important founding milestones over time. The results indicate that family responsibilities may not have the degree of negative impact on venture-level outcomes that existing theory suggests. We consider potential explanations for these findings and propose future research to continue exploring this important topic.

尽管自己当老板的灵活性可能会使那些承担重大家庭责任的人吸引来从事传统工作的企业家，但有关工作与家庭之间关系的现有研究表明，这两个领域之间存在冲突。换句话说，虽然企业家精神似乎是一种兼顾工作和家庭生活承诺的方法，但关于工作与生活冲突的理论表明，企业家在组织工作和家庭责任方面也面临着许多同样的斗争。在本文中，我们研究了家庭生活责任对新生企业家随着时间的推移完成重要创始里程碑的能力的影响。结果表明，现有理论表明，家庭责任可能不会对风险级别的结果产生负面影响。