As a researcher, I am passionate about understanding what make people and organisations tick. My research focuses on entrepreneurship and the emergence of new organisation(s). Currently, I am studying the factors that underpin the so called liability of newness (the increased mortality among new organisations compared to their more established counterparts) and the emergence of new market categories (that is, new types of products or services). I am also interested in how we can facilitate reflexivity through making the assumptions underpinning entrepreneurship research, which are often implicit, explicit and subject to scrutiny. I have taught in the area of management and entrepreneurship since 2007 and in 2015, I received the Vice Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning at Macquarie University. In my current role, I teach Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship. I hold a PhD in management, a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and have complementary training in theatre, psychology and military leadership. Prior to my academic career, I worked as a manager in an entrepreneurial start-up firm and as a consultant in the IT-sector. Through my research career, I have worked with a variety of organisations from small entrepreneurial firms to large multinational companies as well as governmental and not-for profit organisations.