Leaders are looking for new ways to create jobs. Gallup's path to creating sustainable jobs focuses on identifying and fostering entrepreneurial talent, empowering small business owners to address barriers to growth, building entrepreneurial capacity in early stage enterprises, and tracking economic energy at the city and regional level.
Identifying and Engaging Entrepreneurial Talent
Gallup has identified 10 functional demands of entrepreneurship -- that is, what an individual needs to be a successful entrepreneur. Gallup's Functional Demands of Entrepreneurship (FDE) helps each existing or prospective entrepreneur understand their own ability to meet these demands and to identify those who are most likely to be successful in growing sustainable businesses. The FDE assessment also identifies entrepreneurial talent among youth in an effort to sustain long-term economic growth by developing of a talent pipeline.
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