Abstract
In less than a decade, software startups gained a lot of atten- tion. Scholars and practitioners got the opportunity to inspect different aspects of software startups, including success, failure, challenges and growth. A startup team is a crucial part of an entrepreneurial endeavour, and learning from experience plays a vital role for both individual entrepreneurs and the team. With experiential learning, an entrepreneur requires less guidance at initial startup stages and can focus better on the objectives. Sharing of the gathered experiential learning with other team members is crucial for building a good team and making meaning- ful progress towards the vision of the startup. However, startup teams often neglect to reflect on their experience. Based on the gathered litera- ture, this paper proposes a conceptual framework to understand how software startup teams could obtain entrepreneurial experience-based learning. Moreover, the paper highlights the challenges of entrepreneurial experience-based learning confronted by software startups.