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Europa have just released the latest 2009 state of entrepreneurship survey – which interestingly shows that 45% of Europeans would like to be their own boss, if they could.
The EU survey suggests that entrepreneurs are held in lower regard in Europe than their contemporaries in the USA.
The survey highlights the differing attitudes in the US, Europe and Asia to entrepreneurship, but does show that the preference for self-employment remained stable across all regions.
Women seem to lag behind men and young people as a cohort expressing a preference for self employment.
Those surveyed shared their opinions of entrpreneurial individuals as either ‘job creators’ or as ‘exploiters’.
What was not a feature of the survey, to its detriment we think, is factoring in social entrepreneurship or the context of social enterprise as a vehicle for community business change.
Perhaps if more Europeans knew more about social enterprise or social entrepreneurs, or the impact the sector can have on communities – the range of relative levels of hesitancy to outright distrust of entrepreneurship expressed might be very different.
What do you think?
You can find the survey synopsis here.
The entry pages to the European Small Business Portal can be found here.
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The Supply National SME Engagement Programme is an initiative to raise awareness of, and to make more effective, the ability of smaller enterprises to bid for public sector contracts.
By visiting the NSEP website you can see what events and workshops are available in your region, and get information about forthcoming procurement conferences.
These are all events that can help the SME/social business develop their bid strategy, refine their ability to respond to pre-qualification questionnaires and deliver a better final bid.
The site also offers the chance to download a copy of the Guide to Winning Contracts – with twenty tips to help hone your bidding skills.
The public sector marketplace is crowded and competitive, but this information can definitely help you prepare better and win more.
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