More than half of the Brazilian students wants to be an entrepreneur: the call, the hype or traditional leadership issues?

Ac couple weeks ago I've posted at Pulsosocial about an Endeavor's research that points out that over 50 percent of the Brazilian students wants to be an entrepreneur.

Besides the skilled workforce blackout that is already a reality in the high tech Brazilian market, those numbers lead us to another important question: is it due the call, the hype or issues with the traditional leadership style? 

An interesting aspect is that among those students, 7.6 percent are already entrepreneurs and most of them have other entrepreneurs in family. When it happens, the confidence of the potential entrepreneurs is lower than the average. It is certainly a symptom of the legal local system that makes the entrepreneurial life much harder than in other countries.

A similar behavior is seen among those who actually attended an entrepreneurship course: 33.5 percent intend to create a new business in the future, against 40.1 percent of those that never studied how to make it happen.

Doubtless Brazil is facing “the momentum” for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs-to-be. On the other hand, there is still a huge gap between the new entrepreneurs and what investors and the market expect. Be prepared and act fast is the best approach right now to live this momentum at its fullest.

Considering the high percentage of young entrepreneurs-to-be, it is reasonable to ask if all those students are really receiving the entrepreneurship call or if it is the mindset in the established companies that are not attending the expectations of the Y-generation. Is it about being an entrepreneur or a need of change in the leadership style?

In my opinion, the new startup scene has the potential to deal with both: making easier for those suited to be entrepreneurs and creating a new generation of successful companies with a new and much more attractive culture for the self-started and high potential professionals. Definitely, the next two years are going to be more than interesting in Brazil!

You can read the full article and more details about the research here.