Examining Competing Entrepreneurial Concerns in a Social Question and Answer (SQA) Platform

Irawan Nurhas, Irawan Nurhas, Henri Pirkkalainen, Stefan Geisler, Jan Pawlowski, Jan Pawlowski

2021

Abstract

This study aims to determine the competing concerns of people interested in startup development and entrepreneurship by using topic modeling and sentiment analysis on a social question-and-answer (SQA) website. Understanding the underlying concerns of startup entrepreneurs is critical to society and economic growth. Therefore, greater scientific support for entrepreneurship remains necessary, including data mining from virtual social communities. In this study, an SQA platform was used to identify the sentiment of thirty concerns of people interested in startup entrepreneurship. Based on topic modeling and sentiment analysis of 18819 inquiries in various forums on an SQA, we identified additional questions about founder figures, keys to success, and the location of a startup. In addition, we found that general questions were rated more positively, especially when it came to pitching, finding good sources, disruptive innovation, idea generation, and marketing advice. On average, the identified concerns were considered 48.9 percent positive, 41 percent neutral, and 10.1 percent negative. This research establishes a critical foundation for future research and development of digital startups by outlining a variety of different concerns associated with startup development in the digital age.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Nurhas I., Pirkkalainen H., Geisler S. and Pawlowski J. (2021). Examining Competing Entrepreneurial Concerns in a Social Question and Answer (SQA) Platform. In Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2021) - Volume 3: KMIS; ISBN 978-989-758-533-3, SciTePress, pages 145-152. DOI: 10.5220/0010661000003064

in Bibtex Style

@conference{kmis21,
author={Irawan Nurhas and Henri Pirkkalainen and Stefan Geisler and Jan Pawlowski},
title={Examining Competing Entrepreneurial Concerns in a Social Question and Answer (SQA) Platform},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2021) - Volume 3: KMIS},
year={2021},
pages={145-152},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010661000003064},
isbn={978-989-758-533-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2021) - Volume 3: KMIS
TI - Examining Competing Entrepreneurial Concerns in a Social Question and Answer (SQA) Platform
SN - 978-989-758-533-3
AU - Nurhas I.
AU - Pirkkalainen H.
AU - Geisler S.
AU - Pawlowski J.
PY - 2021
SP - 145
EP - 152
DO - 10.5220/0010661000003064
PB - SciTePress