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Entrepreneurship Needs Assessment

Entrepreneurship Needs Assessment. Final results May, 2010. Response rate. 6099 mailed to 25 sorted databases Online link circulated among 13 partners 4 returned as “undeliverable” 711 completed responses. Age. Sex. Residential Location. Note: top “other” response was Grant county.

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Entrepreneurship Needs Assessment

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  1. Entrepreneurship Needs Assessment Final results May, 2010

  2. Response rate • 6099 mailed to 25 sorted databases • Online link circulated among 13 partners • 4 returned as “undeliverable” • 711 completed responses

  3. Age

  4. Sex

  5. Residential Location Note: top “other” response was Grant county

  6. Education Attainment

  7. Business Ownership

  8. Number of businesses owned

  9. Ownership vs. Management

  10. Category Note: Top “other” response includes tourism/service businesses

  11. Business location Note: Top “Other” response= Grant county

  12. In which county does most of yourbusiness occur (select all)? Note: Top “other” response is Grant county

  13. Business starts

  14. Innovation Note: 92.7% of “yes” respondents currently own a business

  15. Education/Training Needs Note: 87.4% of those planning to start a business reported an interest in education/training 80.7% of those planning to invent/develop a product indicated an interest

  16. Top Five Requested Topics (select all): 1. Marketing (45%) 2. Financial Planning, budgets and assumptions (30.3%) 3. Funding Your Business (25.5%) 4. Coaching/motivating employees (22.6%) 5. Developing and using cash flow projections (22.6%)

  17. Preferred Delivery

  18. Mentorship Do you have an interest in being paired with a mentor? Note: 61.5% of those planning to start a business indicated an interest in mentorship 61.3% of those planning to invent/develop indicated an interest

  19. Networking Note: 82.4% of those planning to start a business indicated an interest in networking 87.5% of those planning to invent/develop indicated an interest

  20. Have you used support resources?

  21. Top support resources used: 1. Education/training (23%) 2. Business counseling (22.4%) 3. Networking (18.4%) Note: only top 3 responses listed.

  22. Which resources would be the greatestvalue to you (select all that apply)? 1. Networking (30%) 2. Confidential business counseling (26.2%) 3. Assistance with financing options (23.4%) 4. Access to mentors (22.4%) 5. Small business advocacy (21%) • Note: only top 5 responses listed

  23. Resources of interest (those planning to start a business) • Access to mentors (36%) • Networking (36%) • Assistance with financing options (32%) • Confidential business counseling (31%) • Small business advocacy (27%)

  24. Resources of greatest value (those planning to invent/develop) • Access to mentors (38.9%) • Networking (38.1%) • Confidential business counseling (32.7%) • Assistance with financing options (31%) • Technical assistance with prototype development (29.2%)

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