摘要: A national census distributed to Startup Canada’s network of 250,000 entrepreneurs and enterprise influencers establishes baseline data to measure this. The following key strategic insights from this ...
A national census distributed to Startup Canada’s network of 250,000
entrepreneurs and enterprise influencers establishes baseline data to
measure this. The following key strategic insights from this census will
be leveraged by Startup Canada, members of the Private Sector Advisory
Council, broader industry partners, government, and academia to improve
support resources to increase entrepreneurial success.
Key Stats
Fifty-one per cent of Census respondents are women, up from 45 per cent in 2017; twenty-nine per cent are visible minorities, up from 22 per cent in 2017.
Forty per cent currently sell globally and an additional 40 per cent plan to pursue export markets in the future, up from 29 per cent in 2017.
Respondents contributed more than 3,000 jobs to the economy in 2018, including freelance, contract, part-time, seasonal, and full-time positions.
The top three challenges faced by entrepreneurs are finding funding (75 per cent), sales (63 per cent) and cash flow (62 per cent.
