Is a bad reputation a deal breaker? Not for some startups

An investor's bad reputation may not be a deterrent for startups seeking capital β€” as long as the investor stays out of the startup's business. A new paper from Bill Bill Schulze and Robert Wuebker shows that startups are willing to accept funds from venture capital firms embroiled in lawsuits. β€œThe results are intriguing,” the authors said. β€œ[They reveal] underexplored relationships between corporate reputation(s) [...]