Ondernemerschap in 2017

The Institute for the Future and Boston Consulting Group did a survey on the future of small business. How will small business look like in 2017? There were some remarkeble findings. One was that 10 million people said thagt they ware considering starting their own businesses. The biggest number in 25 years. Form those 10 million, 6 million people actually followed through and started their own businesses. Form those 6 million one-third are doing business globally.

In 2017 entrepreneurs will be older, more feminine, also younger and doing businesses globally. To prove this vision there was a survey among 9,500 entrepreneurs, university professors, teachers, authors and bloggers. All who have a vision about small business. The vision of the small business market of 2017 is as follows.

• Age

Today the middle-aged white males are most likely to start a companies. But this is going to change. The fastest-growing entrepreneurial age is and will continu to be the group of 55 to 64 years old. These people have the capital, expertise and the acumen to run companies. They have longer life spans and want to do something with it. The other group are the mod's. The people born after 1982. The are named the Mod's because the are used to modify everything. This group is configurable and they want to be independent from the beginning of their careers and never work for an established corporation.

• Sexes

Women are also a group which is strong in continuing their presence in entrepreneurship. According to the study there are two groups. The classical and the Monpreneur. The classical are the women who have decided to break through the glass ceiling and create their own empire (the Oprah phenomenon). The other group is the "mompreneur," the woman who starts a business to get flexibility of access to her family.

• Immigrants

Immigrant entrepreneurs will increasingly be driving global business and redefining global business. Already, 37% of our U.S. small-business customers are doing business globally, and those stats are driven very much by immigrant entrepreneurs (see BusinessWeek.com, 1/3/07, "Open Doors Wider for Skilled Immigrants").

Source: Businessweek