The Business Idea- Individual Dyad: Experiences of a Psychological Support Program for Entrepreneurs

Abstract

Entrepreneurship has been considered a significant factor for socio-economic growth and development, and there has been a significant growth in the education on entrepreneurship in the world. The present study provides the experiences of different actors on the implementation of a psychological assistance program to new entrepreneurs in a university business incubator as well as its impact on them. The findings suggest that this program, in its time the first or one of the first of its kind as far as the literature review suggested, had a positive impact, gives entrepreneurs a space to reflect, motivation and perseverance, allows them to see themselves as integral and thus help to improve the chances of success of the startup by learning key psychological entrepreneurial competencies.