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What have been the major impediments to obta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g start-up fund<strong>in</strong>g? (e.g.: nocollaterals/assets/guarantees – strict credit-scor<strong>in</strong>g methodologies/regulations – high <strong>in</strong>terest rates andfees – complex documentation procedures – no legal status of enterprise (<strong>in</strong>formal sector), etc.………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8.3. In your op<strong>in</strong>ion, what measures could improve the access to f<strong>in</strong>ance for young entrepreneurs?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9.0. Education, skills and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g9.1 How has education <strong>in</strong>fluenced your entrepreneurial career?The educational <strong>in</strong>stitutions I attended:strongly supported my entrepreneurial aspiration<strong>in</strong>fluenced my entrepreneurial career positivelyhad a negative <strong>in</strong>fluence on my entrepreneurial aspirationimpeded my entrepreneurial aspirationhad no <strong>in</strong>fluence on my entrepreneurial aspiration9.2. Look<strong>in</strong>g back to your education, which experiences have been particular useful/valuable or worthlessfor your aspiration to be an entrepreneur?……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9.3. What k<strong>in</strong>d of educational support would have been valuable for you? How could the educational systembe made more supportive for young entrepreneurs (e.g. courses. <strong>in</strong>ternships. Company visit programmes)?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………10.0. Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Support (Workshops, Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>gs, Advice, Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Counsel<strong>in</strong>g, etc.)10.1. Have you received any bus<strong>in</strong>ess support (workshops, tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>gs, advise, bus<strong>in</strong>ess counsel<strong>in</strong>g, mentor<strong>in</strong>g,etc.) before?YesNo10.2. On which particular subjects have you been tra<strong>in</strong>ed, mentored or counseled? (e.g. management andbus<strong>in</strong>ess skills like market<strong>in</strong>g, accountancy customer service, ,120

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