Young entrepreneurs still left behind in Indonesia

by Wahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post Indonesia is still behind other Asian countries in term of entrepreneurship, and requires an aggressive move by the government to help shape up the country’s economy, a dialogue has concluded. The dialogue, organized by state lender Bank Mandiri and attended by 660 prospective young entrepreneurs from 11 state and [...]

Motivational factors of chinese students to become entrepreneurs

My research in summer 2008 about “The intentions of Chinese undergraduate students towards entrepreneurship as a career choice” has revealed some interesting facts about Chinese students and their perception of entrepreneurship. If it comes to making a career choice Lau, Shaffer and Au (2007) refer to the content of career success criterion as a critical [...]

Challenges for young social entrepreneurs in Asia

Link: http://changehack.com/?p=13 Notes on young social entrepreneurs in Asia region: 1. Challenges facing young social entrepreneurs in Asia. Capital, there is a funding gap as they can’t really go to bank (these guys are not maximizing profit!) or traditional donors (whoops these guys make money!) Local scale-up funding is even more difficult although there are [...]