This paper aims to explore the various aspects of entrepreneurs' background required for successful ventures that reflect different types of innovation in the view of Venture Capitalists (VCs). The classification of the types of innovation was based on Abernathy and Clarks' (1985) transilience...

Evidences from several sources including the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) suggest that entrepreneurial intent is high amongst young Chinese graduates, but support mechanisms are either lacking or misunderstood by those entrepreneurs aiming to start their own business. The aim of this...

It is accepted by most agencies that enterprise education is important for students and for the economy, however it is often difficult to measure the effectiveness of this education as effects can take many years to be shown. We have collected qualitative data from over 300 alumni entrepreneurs,...

Women’s entrepreneurship, whilst increasing in size and quality across the world, still lags behind in India where many of those enterprises created are low tech micro enterprises which often employ only the entrepreneur themselves. This it has been suggested is due to a variety of factors,...

Fear of failure is a key barrier in starting a business in many countries throughout the world due to the high risks involved to the founders’ finances, relationships, status and self-esteem. Using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s data from a range of nations, it was observed that...

Having moved predominantly online with the UK national lockdown of 2020, a comparison was made of two entrepreneurship courses at The University of Manchester, taught its first online academic year, with the previous year’s versions which were face to face.It was found that students generally...

Measuring the success of entrepreneurship education is complex with several issues. Firstly, metrics used are varied, for example using self-efficacy and business creation. In addition, students may be from any school of the university and had varying interaction with entrepreneurship education...