ADHD Doesn’t Raise Entrepreneurship Rates Overall. 1 Group Was a Major Exception

The popular narrative says ADHD can be a startup advantage. A new 28-year study found that benefit was concentrated among a specific group of people.

Many believe that ADHD is an entrepreneurial superpower. After all, restlessness, risk-taking, and bias toward action are often considered an advantage for those launching and growing a business. New research adds nuance to this narrative.

“The interesting question is not ‘does ADHD help?’ but ‘who does it help, and under what conditions?’” asked Mi (Kelly) Hoang Tran, an assistant professor of........

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