Cultural Analyst of Entrepreneurship | Kenya & U.S. | Assistant Prof @imperialcollege | formerly @stanford @zeppelin
Nairobi & London
Joined July 2012
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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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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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🌍 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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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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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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📣 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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Why do identical informal businesses set up side by side? It’s a survival tactic! theconversation.com/why-do-i…
💻 Time Weiss, @ImperialCollege London
#BusinessAndEconomy
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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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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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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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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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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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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 – at Cagliari, Sardegna
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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.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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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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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
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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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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Do platforms make gig workers into experimenters or lab rats? New study . . .
🚨New Paper Alert
How does #experimentation on platforms affect users (i.e., #gigworkers, #customers, etc.)?
📃journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465…
📃#openaccess osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/mh…
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#futureofwork #platformstrategy #platform #labor #gigwork #technology #entrepreneurship #workers
