Triggers of Decisions to Launch a New Venture--Is There Any Difference Between Pre-Business and In-Business Entrepreneurs?(Statistical Table‪)‬

ABSTRACT This paper describes the findings of an ongoing study designed to determine the triggers that led pre business and in business entrepreneurs to begin the entrepreneurship process and their relative importance. The findings suggest that the triggers are personal, opportunity/idea, job related, financial, and family/interpersonal. Demographically the two groups studied were different. There were significant differences and some similarities in triggers between the groups and in the degree to which the triggers impacted their decision to embark on entrepreneurship.