Innovation Anthology #623:
According to GEM Canada leader, Dr. Peter Josty, there are several recommendations from the recent survey on global entrepreneurship.
Canada and Alberta in particular did very well compared to other countries.
But Dr. Josty says its important to focus the quality of entrepreneurship, not just the number of startups.
DR PETER JOSTY: In the study itself, we found that there’s a lot of areas of strength in Alberta and there is a weakness. And one of the areas of weakness is the whole question of education and training for entrepreneurship and innovation. So that’s our second recommendation, is to improve that at all levels. And the third recommendation is that governments should look at opportunities to use government procurement to encourage young, innovative Alberta growth zones. Because we think that’s a very powerful tool. I know it’s been used very effectively in the US to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. I think the Alberta government can probably do a lot more in that area that it is currently doing.
And finally, the GEM Alberta report also recommends helping entrepreneurs navigate the many agencies and services.
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Program Date: 2014-06-26