Russians feel the need to improve their entrepreneurial skills every second 07:29

More than half of Russians (54.3%) say they feel the need to improve their entrepreneurial skills. This was demonstrated by a joint study between the Netology educational platform and business navigator based on artificial intelligence GenGo, the results of which were reviewed by socialbites.ca.

25.9% of respondents believe that developing entrepreneurial skills is necessary to develop their business, 28.4% want to open their own business.

According to respondents, the most important skill for business development is the ability to manage processes and people – this was stated by 77.8% of respondents. Also in the top 5 were: the ability to take risks, be flexible and make quick decisions (71.3%); knowledge of legal and financial principles (51.9%); leadership qualities and persuasion skills (51.7%); knowledge of marketing tools (51.1%).

Almost one in two people are held back from developing their entrepreneurial skills due to lack of financial resources; this factor was identified by 45.5% of the participants. One in four people (22%) do not have enough time for development and training. 13.9% of respondents do not see the value in developing entrepreneurial skills; They love working in recruitment.

The overwhelming majority of Russians believe that entrepreneurship can be learned; 85.9% of survey respondents stated this. 67.3% of participants think that business skills are improved in practice, 59.9% expect a positive effect from interaction with the business world. Other popular formats for entrepreneurship education include: universities and business schools (43.4%), online and offline trainings and courses (35.9%), online universities (27.7%). 11.5% of the participants believe that one should be born an entrepreneur.

“According to the results of the research, we see that the target audience’s need for business skills continues to increase. Although leaving the workforce for work is often associated with stopping learning due to lack of management control, we see that the majority of entrepreneurs feel the need to acquire new knowledge. In general, today representatives of both large and small businesses are turning to training According to our own internal data, 85% of companies conducted internal training last year and 30% of those trained were managers and business owners. I think this trend will continue; it is important for both entrepreneurs and experts to update their knowledge to remain competitive in the market. ” commented Alexey Polekhin, Netology program director.

Interestingly, as GenGo CEO Kirill Popov noted, about 86% of survey respondents believe that running a business can be learned.

“I think this is due to the information environment where they constantly say “anyone can be an entrepreneur”. On the other hand, there is also the phenomenon of the “survival fallacy”, where people only see successful cases of entrepreneurship and most of the iceberg remains hidden. At the same time, given the large number of offers on the business education market, difficulties remain in finding truly effective and accessible formats. “Systematic development of business skills is often associated with a long, complex and expensive process,” he added.

Previously Appearedthat the majority of working Russians study professional literature.