Network practices and entrepreneurial growth

Networking plays an important and well-studied rote in entrepreneurial start-up processes, but its role in subsequent venture growth is Less well understood. This paper reports on an in-depth longitudinal study of entrepreneurial networking practices through venture growth. We discover that the entrepreneur's growth-focused networking practices involved specific patterns of activity, i.e. spans. We theorise these practices employing Bourdieu's habitus. Our contribution is to identify and analyze specific networking practices that enact the entrepreneurial growth process. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.