| Founder-CEO succession and the paradox of entrepreneurial success N Wasserman Organization science 14 (2), 149-172, 2003 | 801 | 2003 |
| Stewards, agents, and the founder discount: Executive compensation in new ventures N Wasserman Academy of Management Journal 49 (5), 960-976, 2006 | 556 | 2006 |
| The founder's dilemmas: Anticipating and avoiding the pitfalls that can sink a startup N Wasserman Princeton University Press, 2013 | 484* | 2013 |
| The throne vs. the kingdom: Founder control and value creation in startups N Wasserman Strategic Management Journal 38 (2), 255-277, 2017 | 272 | 2017 |
| When does leadership matter N Wasserman, B Anand, N Nohria Handbook of leadership theory and practice, 27-63, 2010 | 256 | 2010 |
| The founder’s dilemma N Wasserman Harvard business review 86 (2), 102-109, 2008 | 239 | 2008 |
| The first deal: The division of founder equity in new ventures T Hellmann, N Wasserman Management Science 63 (8), 2647-2666, 2017 | 105* | 2017 |
| Revisiting the strategy, structure, and performance paradigm: The case of venture capital N Wasserman Organization Science 19 (2), 241-259, 2008 | 99 | 2008 |
| The organizational design of entrepreneurial ventures MD Burton, MG Colombo, C Rossi‐Lamastra, N Wasserman Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 13 (3), 243-255, 2019 | 77 | 2019 |
| RICH VERSUS KING: THE ENTREPRENEUR'S DILEMMA. N Wasserman Academy of Management Proceedings 2006 (1), OO1-OO6, 2006 | 41* | 2006 |
| The venture capitalist as entrepreneur: The characteristics and dynamics within VC firms NT Wasserman Harvard University, 2002 | 13 | 2002 |
| Venture Capitalist As Entrepreneur N Wasserman Harvard Business Review Press (China Case Studies), 2000 | 12 | 2000 |
| Patterns of VC evolution: Comparing the Israeli and Indian venture capital industries N Wasserman, D Nye The Journal of Private Equity, 26-48, 1999 | 11 | 1999 |
| How an entrepreneur's passion can destroy a startup N Wasserman Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2014, 2014 | 9 | 2014 |
| Upside-down venture capitalists and the transition toward pyramidal firms: Inevitable progression, or failed experiment? N Wasserman Entrepreneurship, 151-208, 2005 | 9 | 2005 |
| Life is a startup: What founders can teach us about making choices and managing change N Wasserman Stanford University Press, 2018 | 6 | 2018 |
| The very first mistake most startup founders make T Hellmann, N Wasserman Harvard Business Review, 2016 | 6 | 2016 |
| Knight the king: The founding of Nike N Wasserman, K Anderson Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Case, 2010 | 6 | 2010 |
| Founder-CEO Succession at Wily Technology. N Wasserman, H McCance Harvard Business School Case, 805-150, 2005 | 6 | 2005 |
| The Founder's Resource-Dependence Challenge N Wasserman Harvard Business School, 2014 | 5 | 2014 |
