Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

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New Research from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Highlights US Entrepreneurs Are Starting or Running Businesses Near Pre-Pandemic Levels

Entrepreneurs / 2nd March 2022

More American entrepreneurs are increasingly seeing more business opportunities despite the dramatic economic effects of the pandemic, according to new data reported in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s (GEM) 2021/2022 Global...

Entrepreneurship “in jeopardy” after hitting new high pre-Covid

Entrepreneurs / 24th November 2020

UK entrepreneurship is “in jeopardy” despite hitting a new high pre-pandemic because of gaps in support for people in the early stages of running a business, a leading expert has...

Families Own and Manage Majority of Businesses Worldwide, According to New Family Entrepreneurship Data

Entrepreneurs / 29th October 2020

Seventy-five percent of entrepreneurs and 81% of established business owners co-own and/or co-manage their businesses with family members. Additionally, 62% of established business owners state that the majority of their...

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Most Entrepreneurs Start Businesses Out of Opportunity, Not Necessity

Entrepreneurs / 2nd February 2018

A robust 74 percent of entrepreneurs around the world have started businesses in pursuit of an opportunity rather than out of necessity—this according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2017/18 Global...

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Women’s Entrepreneurial Activity Up 10 Percent, Closing the Gender Gap by 5 Percent Since 2014

Entrepreneurs / 13th September 2017

Over the past year, 163 million women started businesses across 74 economies worldwide—this according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2016/17 Women’s Report, released in conjunction with sponsors Babson College, Smith College, Korea Entrepreneurship...