Dr Fabian Braesemann
Departmental Research Lecturer
Dr Fabian Braesemann is a Departmental Research Lecturer in AI & Work at the OII.
Recorded:
24 Apr 2025
24 Apr 2025
Speakers:
With Dr Fabian Braesemann and Professor Paul X. McCarthy
With Dr Fabian Braesemann and Professor Paul X. McCarthy
Event Series:
The OII Podcast
The OII Podcast
The impact of founder personalities on startup success, how a predictive model outperforms industry standards to predict company success, and what factors can help us predict which startups will succeed.
In the eighth episode of the OII Podcast, our experts discuss topics such as:
- How founder personalities and early company characteristics significantly predict startup success
- How traits of successful founders differ from those of traditional employees
- Research implications for the broader startup ecosystem, including venture capital investors, potential buyers, and startup incubators
Dr Fabian Braesemann is a Departmental Research Lecturer in AI & Work at the OII. His research focuses on the Science of Success. He uses data science methods to quantify the determinants of success in different fields of work.
Professor Paul X McCarthy is a CEO, computational social science research leader and author. He founded the League of Scholars and is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, as well as an Industry Fellow at the UTS Data Science Institute and an Honorary Fellow at Western Sydney University.
Veena McCoole is Media and Communications Manager for the Oxford Internet Institute.
