Matthew D. Regele

My research examines how the stories organizations tell about purpose, power, and profit shape strategic choices, individual careers, and venture outcomes. Across a range of settings, I study how these narratives become embedded in governance structures, incentive systems, and everyday work practices — and how they ultimately determine who bears risk and who captures value.

I rely on qualitative approaches including ethnography, interviews, archival research, and netnography to surface the mechanisms that connect narrative to organizational design and performance. My work sits at the intersection of strategy, entrepreneurship, and sociology, contributing to research on venture legitimacy, labor markets, organizational purpose, and entrepreneurial careers.

Alongside my academic work, I serve as Chief Operating Officer of Habit Technology, LLC, where I am actively engaged in the challenges of early-stage venture development. I view practice as a testing ground for ideas about incentives, governance, and strategic choice that also inform my teaching and research.

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