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Can yall answer the following questions for me plz... I'm doing a Baseline Questionnaire for the draft

Conceptual Framework of the Youth Entrepreneurship Policy of Trinidad and Tobago. The following is a

background on my research and it will be followed by the questionnaire... Thanks in advance...

Background

In keeping with an increasing global focus on enterprise development (as evidenced by policy

statements and initiatives from governments world-wide) there appears to be a greater emphasis on

understanding the characteristics of groups of entrepreneurs (and/or self-employed individuals). In

Trinidad and Tobago, youth is one group that is attracting such attention, albeit belatedly and often in

response to the realisation that few specific intervention mechanisms exist to support their endeavours.

In part this is due to the fact that till recently, entrepreneurship in relation to youth has been perceived

largely as a solution to rising global unemployment within that group. However, evidence suggests that

there is an increasing number of young entrepreneurs who choose entry, and see self-employment as an

outlet for their unique bundle of resources, including those that can be described as their human and

social capital.

Given the situation described, it is imperative that the lack of evidence-based policy regarding youth

entrepreneurship is recognised and addressed. There is a lack of an integrated approach to policy in this

area. Instead there exists an often-disparate grouping of initiatives that are provided by agencies that

are often non-governmental and/or in competition. This lack of integration also contributes to the

absence of regular and robust evaluation (with the exception of those programmes that elect to

implement evaluation, often to justify their existence in order to secure funding).

Currently there exists no specific policy pertaining to youth entrepreneurship in Trinidad and Tobago,

and a limited number of assistance initiatives that either target, or cater for, youth as a specific group.

This sample questionnaire will present background information in developing a framework for

encouraging enterprise development in youth. The framework will be based on empirical data and work

on youth entrepreneurship and it will inform policy in a way that addresses the shortcomings described

above.

Questionnaire

1. What is Youth?

2. What is Entrepreneurship?

3. Are you familiar with any Youth Entrepreneurship programmes/initiatives in T&T? If yes, please

indicate.

4. Are there any entrepreneurs in your family/household? If yes, please indicate the type of business.

5. Do you have an enterprise education experience, business qualifications or business experience?

6. If you had the opportunity to become an entrepreneur, what type of business would you venture into,

and why?

7. Would you pay taxes as an entrepreneur if you could evade such?

8. Within the last ten years, MSEs have emerged in response to,


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a) Unemployment

b) Shortage of supply of new jobs

c) Survival strategy of the household

d) All of the above

9. What do you think are the main barriers to establishing enterprises?

10. If given the opportunity to start up business, what form of assistance would you welcome?

11. Would you welcome a Mentor overseeing your progress and development as an entrepreneur? For

what period of time?

12. Would you welcome continued training and development skills to ensure the survival of your

enterprise? If yes, please indicate the types.

Thank you for your participation. All information collected is confidential and therefore would remain

within the Enterprise Development Division of the Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise

Development as background research.


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Saturday, April 28, 2007

25 Questions to Ask an Entrepreneur

According to the analytics for this blog, a lot of people (presumably students?) come to this site

using search terms such as questions to ask an entrepreneur.

So why not give the public what they want?

If you're interviewing an entrepreneur, for school or business, here are 25 key questions (plus a

few supplementaries) that you might profitably ask:

How did you get started in this business?

Did you found the company?

Is this your first business? (If not, ask what the others were, and what happened to them.)

Were you exposed to entrepreneurship as a child (say, from family members or friends)?

How did you finance your business? What have been your most effective sources of financingover the years?

What are the revenues of the business? (They may or may not answer this.)

How many employees do you have? Full- or part-time? (This gives you some idea of the

company size in case they didn't answer the revenue question.)

What is an average workday like for you?

Who are your customers? What are your most significant products or services?

How has your market changed in the past few years? How has your business changed to keep

pace?

How have sales grown in the last few years? (gives you an idea of how successful the businessis.)

Is the business profitable? What kind of profit margin does it have? Is that pre-tax or after-tax?

What are the most crucial things you have done to grow your business?

What plans do you have now to expand your business further?

What systems have you used to automate your business to give you more time for business

planning and development?

What outsiders have been most important to your business success? (e.g., bankers, accountants,

investors, customers, suppliers, mentors, etc.)

Do you have a business plan? A marketing plan? When was it last updated? (gives you some

idea of how sophisticated their planning process is)How do you market your products or services?

What has been your most effective marketing tactic or technique?

Whats the worst business advice youve ever received?

What three pieces of advice would you offer entrepreneurs starting out today? (asking for

three is a lot, but it forces your subject to dig deeper than just saying , Just do it, or Hire goodpeople.
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How long do you plan to keep operating this business? Do you have an exit strategy for getting

out of the company?

If you were to start another business, what might it be?Do you believe business has any obligation to make the world a better place?

How does your business give back to the community or to society?

(c) Rick Spence, Canadian Entrepreneur 2007

Note to students: Don't try to ask all these questions in one interview. Pick and choose.

Note to teachers: For permission to reprint this list at no charge, please e-mail me at rick (at)

rickspence.ca

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