With more young Canadians considering self-employment amid a high youth unemployment rate, entrepreneurship programs are facing growing demand. Applications to Futurpreneur, the national organization that finances young Canadian entrepreneurs, rose 50 per cent last quarter, compared with 15 per cent growth a year earlier.
Yet most entrepreneurship supportive programs, including Futurpreneur’s core startup program, begin at age 18 and expect applicants to arrive with a business idea already in hand. That may be too late.
