1. Entrepreneurial Skills development
Jacco Stolker
Yerevan November 28th 2018

2. Content Entrepreneurial Skills development: hype or need?
Entrepreneurial Skills development: a matter of talent?
Entrepreneurial Skills development: educational programs

3. hype or need?
For many young people it is a dream to become entrepreneur
Contribution of SME’s to the economy of emerging countries is significant
The role of small and medium sized companies on the real gross domestic product (GDP) growth, new job creation and reduction of poverty is recognized at a worldwide level (Muller, et.al, 2014; OECD, 2014; Chowdhury, 2011)
Entrepreneur skills development does not play a key role in present day education
entrepreneurship programs mainly focus on developing small business management and planning competencies

4. Entrepreneurial Skills development: a matter of talent?
A coretalent is nature + potential + intrinsic motivation
Not everybody has the relevant talents to be successful entrepreneur
Example of entrepreneurial Talents are:
Entrepreneurship and risk taking
Strategic insight
Initiative and autonomy
Structure and tactics
Commercial and convincing
Creativity
Curiosity

5. Entrepreneurial Skills development educational programs should:
not only be limited to the economic domain
have stronger focus on entrepreneurial mindset & passion
have also contemporary focus like innovation and lean-startup
have a strong focus on the human factor as Success Factor
Have different variants: the is no ‘one size fits all’. Human talent is the basis for the right program