Cultural Analyst of Entrepreneurship | Kenya & U.S. | Assistant Prof @imperialcollege | formerly @stanford @zeppelin
Joined July 2012
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Tim Weiss retweeted
6 Dec 2024
Urban informal economies are thriving, yet they are at odds with—and risk being disrupted by development policies of governments, aid agencies, and for-profit actors. Joel Bothello & @TimsWeiss share insights from their fieldwork in Nairobi and Cape Town. ssir.org/articles/entry/afri…
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Tim Weiss retweeted
15 Nov 2024
A massive congratulations to @TimsWeiss for winning the prestigious Aboyeji medal, awarded by @harambeans for his research, writing and teaching about the role of entrepreneurs in African societies 🙌 👏 ⭐️
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Tim Weiss retweeted
4 Jul 2024
🌍 Join us as Imperial academics unveil groundbreaking research tackling Africa's grand challenges! Don't miss this insightful event on 17th July: eventbrite.co.uk/e/africa-in… #GrandChallenges #Africa #SocialImpact📅✨
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Tim Weiss retweeted
17 Apr 2024
Why you should work with your business rivals? 💼
In this week's #IBKnowledge, @TimsWeiss explains how harnessing the 'collaborative edge in your workplace or business can be extremely powerful'.
Read more 🔗 imprl.biz/3vTNzyH
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Tim Weiss retweeted
27 Mar 2024
Why do identical informal businesses set up side by side? 💡
@TimsWeiss discusses how an informal social welfare system in African countries is critical because it provides stable employment & insurance at considerable scale.
Read in: @ConversationUK ↓
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Tim Weiss retweeted
26 Mar 2024
📣 Applications for the Black Founder Challenge Programme are open!
Led by venture capitalist Andy Davis, the programme is open to all postgrad and PhD students of Black heritage from a UK university & is also open to Black heritage Imperial alumni. ↓
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Tim Weiss retweeted
25 Mar 2024
Why do identical informal businesses set up side by side? It’s a survival tactic! theconversation.com/why-do-i…
💻 Time Weiss, @ImperialCollege London
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Tim Weiss retweeted
24 Mar 2024
Why do identical informal businesses set up side by side? It’s a survival tactic – Kenya study theconversation.com/why-do-i… via .@TC_Africa
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Tim Weiss retweeted
19 Mar 2024
How it is possible for a digital labour platform to determine your next job, pay, and visibility to prospective employers? 🤔
Dr Tim Weiss [@TimsWeiss] was featured in the @FT on his research around organisations conducting undisclosed digital trials. ↓
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Tim Weiss retweeted
29 Feb 2024
Great new @OrganizationSci paper by @TimsWeiss, Michael Lounsbury, and Gary Bruton on the creative ways that entrepreneurs use to run their businesses in urban poverty contexts in order to survive and thrive. (The full paper can be found here: bit.ly/survivalistorganizing).
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Tim Weiss retweeted
27 Jan 2024
Congratulations to Dr @TimsWeiss whose paper 'The Experimental Hand' has been highly commended for best academic research by the @FinancialTimes 👏 🎉
Read about the awards here ⬇️
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23 Jan 2024
The Financial Times said "highly commended" for best academic research with societal impact. Check out our summary video of study published in @AOMConnect @TheAOM m.youtube.com/watch?v=_mTuLe…
#experiments #experimentation #platforms #gigwork #gigeconomy #Labor
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Tim Weiss retweeted
8 Jul 2023
Presented my work on #caste and #entrepreneurship among marginalisedgroups in #GlobalSouth at #EGOS2023. A super insightful experience at my first in-person @egosnet ! Thanks for organising #subtheme23 @TimsWeiss
@NatxoMarLan @NevenaRadoynovska
#entrepreneurshipinsociety #phdlife
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Tim Weiss retweeted
21 Jun 2023
The Social Effects of Entrepreneurship on Society and Some Potential Remedies: Four Provocations is out. We scrutinize the effects of the entrepreneurship–society nexus. @HowardAldrich @drtoubiana @DanielPAldrich @darchivist @historiandan @theRMBAtkins @brentdg2 and many more
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Our new #article with @TimsWeiss @RobertNEberhart @HowardAldrich et al is out: The Social Effects of Entrepreneurship on Society and Some Potential Remedies
TL;DR: bring in humanities, see it as culture, explore alternatives to entrepreneurial capitalism.
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Tim Weiss retweeted
11 Jun 2023
MBA students and alumni recently visited Kenya with Dr @TimsWeiss 🌍
They visited beautiful national parks as well as local businesses @twigafoods, @RegenOrganics & @BrownsFoodCo, and met with experts from @BCG, @AecfAfrica and @GlobalPress 💡
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Tim Weiss retweeted
7 Jun 2023
Experimentation is key to platforms improving services – but it's often carried out in secret and can have disastrous unintended consequences 💥
In #IBKnowledge Dr @TimsWeiss shares 3 ways to avoid the hidden risks of experimenting in business 👇
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Tim Weiss retweeted
6 Jun 2023
Experimentation is key to platforms improving services – but it's often carried out in secret and can have disastrous unintended consequences 💥
In #IBKnowledge Dr @TimsWeiss shares 3 ways to avoid the hidden risks of experimenting in business 👇
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Tim Weiss retweeted
12 May 2023
Have you read Imperial Business?
In our latest issue we speak to @YingYingHsieh, @claudiacustodi0, @cltucci, @rogan_m & @TimsWeiss about #TechStartups #ClimateChange, #innovation & much more 🌎
Read it here or pick up a copy on campus: imprl.biz/3zwF9eX
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Tim Weiss retweeted
23 Mar 2023
Do platforms make gig workers into experimenters or lab rats? New study . . .
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🚨New Paper Alert
How does #experimentation on platforms affect users (i.e., #gigworkers, #customers, etc.)?
📃journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465…
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#futureofwork #platformstrategy #platform #labor #gigwork #technology #entrepreneurship #workers
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