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Table 1

Data collection

Cases	Primary sources of data	Interview guide	Secondary sources of data
Alpha	- Two in-depth interviews with each member of the entrepreneurial team (three entrepreneurs) - Total: six in-depth interviews - Short follow-up interviews with all the members of the entrepreneurial team (individually or in group) - Phone calls and Skype meetings with all the members of the entrepreneurial team (individually or in group) - When: 2016–2020	Before the failure: - About the creation of the company - Main steps of development - Relevant business and personal relationships - Main sources of difficulties and liabilities During failure: - Reasons - Relationships with customers and other relevant actors during the crisis - Inter-personal relationships and dynamics in the entrepreneurial team - Individual feelings After failure: - Management of residual activities by the company - Residual relationships with customers - Inter-personal relationships - Individual feelings - Individual learning - Activities and projects of each member of the entrepreneurial team	- companies’ web pages; - companies’ internal reports and other material introduced by the informants; - annual reports of the companies (when available); - press articles; - online video interviews
Beta	- Two in-depth interviews with each member of the entrepreneurial team (three entrepreneurs) - One additional in-depth interview with one of the three entrepreneurs - Total: seven in-depth interviews - Short follow-up interviews with all the members of the entrepreneurial team (individually or in group) - Phone calls and Skype meetings with all the members of the entrepreneurial team (individually or in group) - When: 2014–2020

Cases	Primary sources of data	Interview guide	Secondary sources of data
Alpha	- Two in-depth interviews with each member of the entrepreneurial team (three entrepreneurs)- Total: six in-depth interviews- Short follow-up interviews with all the members of the entrepreneurial team (individually or in group)- Phone calls and Skype meetings with all the members of the entrepreneurial team (individually or in group)- When: 2016–2020	Before the failure:- About the creation of the company- Main steps of development- Relevant business and personal relationships- Main sources of difficulties and liabilitiesDuring failure:- Reasons- Relationships with customers and other relevant actors during the crisis- Inter-personal relationships and dynamics in the entrepreneurial team- Individual feelingsAfter failure:- Management of residual activities by the company- Residual relationships with customers- Inter-personal relationships- Individual feelings- Individual learning- Activities and projects of each member of the entrepreneurial team	- companies’ web pages;- companies’ internal reports and other material introduced by the informants;- annual reports of the companies (when available);- press articles;- online video interviews
Beta	- Two in-depth interviews with each member of the entrepreneurial team (three entrepreneurs)- One additional in-depth interview with one of the three entrepreneurs- Total: seven in-depth interviews- Short follow-up interviews with all the members of the entrepreneurial team (individually or in group)- Phone calls and Skype meetings with all the members of the entrepreneurial team (individually or in group)- When: 2014–2020