David Kirsch is an associate professor at the Robert H.Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.He and others examined more than 700 requests made to an American venture capital firm.

• David Kirsch是马里兰大学罗伯特H.；史密斯商学院的副教授，他和其他人向一家美国风险投资公司发出了700多份申请，并对其进行了研究分析。