Stakeholders from across entrepreneurship ecosystems are actively participating in GEW events across the world – mentoring teams, judging competitions, discussing data, crowdsourcing policy ideas and more.
They are also discussing where the knowledge gaps are in terms of how to best help new and young firms start and grow.
Various expert communities, such as the Startup Nations network, have been receiving requests for best practices and solid research findings on various areas related to startup dynamics. For example, governments and policymakers seem eager to learn more about the dynamics of early stage financing and the role of public sector money. They have been asking: until what stage should governments be involved, and what are good metrics of success for this type of government “intervention,” given unclear returns?
Other common inquiries are:
- What are the initiatives and incentives that have worked best to bring the academic and scientific researchers closer to market economy?
- What has been the level of effectiveness of financial literacy programs on startup success rates?
- What has been the relationship between deal flow and early stage investor syndication across borders?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various legal definitions of a “startup company” for the purpose of public policies that set incentives for startups?
- What are the most effective models for mobilizing grassroots entrepreneurship participation outside cities or urban areas?
- What are the best tax incentive models for angel investors?
- What are the best accelerator models?
- How to foster international venture capital investment in local startups.
- How to leverage big data to enhance programs for entrepreneurs.
- What are the best practices in public-private partnerships for entrepreneurship?
The Global Entrepreneurship Research Network (GERN) is actively sourcing these questions to collaboratively work on answering them. Please share your questions via Twitter by tagging us at @unleashingideas, and using #GEWResearch. In many cases, someone in the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) community might already have the answer!
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