GenYers have a keen interest in starting businesses and overwhelmingly think that entrepreneurship education is important, says a new survey of 1,623 GenYers conducted by Buzz Marketing Group, the Young Entrepreneur Council, and presented by LegalZoom. At the same time, however, they believe that the resources available to them from colleges, government, and financial institutions are inadequate.
Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneurs Council (and, full disclosure, my blogging partner on Inc.com) talked about the results of the survey last Friday in Orlando at the Future of Entrepreneurship Education Summit. “It’s important that government agencies, non-profits, and private enterprise include us directly in the conversation on youth entrepreneurship,” says Gerber, who is 27and runs a video production company called SizzleIt. Buzz Marketing Group, by the way, is run by youth marketing guru Tina Wells, who was featured in my book, Upstarts! While 20% of survey respondents aged 18-29 described themselves as self-employed, only 29% of those who have their own businesses said that they had a strong support system.
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Author: Donna Fenn
