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Founder smiles increase investor trust and funding.

Sci Rep · 2025 · PMC12314047 · PMID 40745461

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marginally significantp <.10so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)
The results revealed a marginally significant effect of smiling on trustworthiness (Model 1; p <.10), with trustworthiness significantly predicting funding likelihood (Model 2; p <.01).

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However, given the marginal significance of the effect of smiling on trustworthiness, this mediation finding should be interpreted cautiously, providing only tentative support for trustworthiness as a mediator in the Shark Tank dataset.

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