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2025

GEM 2024/2025 Global Report: Entrepreneurship Reality Check

The report highlights a growing fear of failure among aspiring entrepreneurs worldwide. The latest research reveals that nearly half (49%) of respondents in 2024 said they would not start a business due to fear of failure, up from 44% in 2019. While many people still recognize good business opportunities, more individuals hesitate to act on them. The report underscores the...
The report highlights a growing fear of failure among aspiring entrepreneurs worldwide. The latest research reveals that nearly half (49%) of respondents in 2024 said they would not start a...
The report highlights a growing fear of failure among aspiring entrepreneurs worldwide. The latest research reveals that nearly half (49%) of respondents in 2024 said...

2024

GEM 2023/2024 Global Report - 25 Years and Growing
Entrepreneurial education in most economies continues to be assessed as poor by national entrepreneurship experts, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2023/2024 Global Report, titled 25 Years and Growing. It has been 25 years...

2023

GEM 2022/2023 global report: adapting to a “new normal”
The global pandemic had a mixed effect on entrepreneurship across the world, according to the 2022/2023 global entrepreneurship monitor (gem) global report: adapting to a “new normal”. based on interviews with over 175,000 individuals and...

2022

GEM 2021/2022 global report: opportunity amid disruption
Entrepreneurs are increasingly seeing more business opportunities in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest global entrepreneurship monitor (gem) global report entitled opportunity amid disruption. in 2021, gem’s adult population survey (aps)...

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GEM began in 1999 as a joint research project between Babson College (USA) and London Business School (UK). The consortium has become the richest source of reliable information on the state of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe, publishing not only the GEM Global Report annually, but also a range of national and special topic reports each year.

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