I am an Assistant Professor of Management in the School of Business at the University of Wisconsin--Madison. My published and ongoing empirical research projects involve the study of various aspects of the entrepreneurial process, including firm formation, venture finance, initial public offerings, the relationship between public innovation and commercial entrepreneurship, and the role of information in entrepreneurship. Much of my research involves the study of the formation of commercial software markets for early handheld computing platforms including the Palm Handheld Computer. My research collaborators include Scott Shane, Frederic Delmar, Mike Ciuchta, Marc Junkunc, Mason Carpenter, and Mingxiang Li.