Leven J. ZHENG is an Assistant Professor in Management at the Department of Global Business and Marketing, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU). He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool (UoL) in July 2021, where he focused his research on the growth of entrepreneurial firms from the entrepreneurially private to the newly public stages. He also obtained a Master's of Research in Management from the UoL and an MSc in International Business from Queen’s University, Belfast as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. He started his academic career at the University of Sydney as a visiting researcher and teaching assistant during the final stage of his Ph.D. study. After that, he was appointed as an Adjunct Lecturer in Innovation and subsequently an Assistant Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University as well as an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Liverpool. He joined HKMU in January 2022.