Research

I study what affects who becomes an entrepreneur, as well as explore the traits, skills, environment, and cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics that may influence the success of entrepreneurial undertakings. I use methodological tools from different disciplines, including economics, computer science, communication, psychology, and linguistics. 

Papers

  1. “Emotional Coherence and Venture Outcomes: Machine Learning Approaches in the Study of Startup Pitches.” - under review

  2. Andy El-Zayaty, Martin Ganco, Bekhzod Khoshimov “Vague Language, Founding Team Human Capital, and Resource Acquisition” [pdf] Organization Science, 2025

  3. Bekhzod Khoshimov, Jonathan T. Eckhardt, Brent Goldfarb “Grades and the Human Capital Development of Student Entrepreneurs” - under review

    US Patent: “Systems methods and media for automatically identifying entrepreneurial individuals in a population using individual and population level data” -Patent No.: 11,308,411

  4. Jonathan T. Eckhardt, Clint Harris, Chuan Chen, Bekhzod Khoshimov & Brent Goldfarb (2022) Student Regional Origins and Student Entrepreneurship, Regional Studies, 56:6, 956-971 [pdf]

  5. “Do Economic Shocks Affect the Willingness to Become an Entrepreneur? Evidence from The Early 1980s Recession in the United States” preparation for submission