When someone says “startup” to you, what do you think of? To a young Parisian man recently graduated from a business school, eco-responsible Veja sneakers on his feet, an antique cap screwed on his head?
If this image may seem cliché, the figures confirm it: most start-up founders come from a wealthy background. According to Dares, one in two has an executive father and one in five has an independent father. Educated in the “entrepreneurial spirit”, they can be more financially and morally supported by their family, benefit from a certain network… And thus, have more cards in hand to undertake.
Only 10% of startups
In addition to this family heritage, the desire to launch your business may have appeared during your studies. Four out of five startupers have a bachelor’s degree or more, with a high proportion of graduates from engineering or business schools.
Another advantage for founding a start-up: being a man. Only 10% of start-ups created in Europe in 2022 had exclusively female founding teams, according to a study by the Sista collective and BCG.
But what are these disparities based on? Are startupers entrepreneurs like any other? Video answers.
Journalist: Faustine Mazereeuw
Production: Datagora.
Sources :
Insee, “The business creators of 2018: two out of three are alone at the origin of the creation project”, 2018.
Dares, “From inequalities of access to inequalities of success: survey of start-up founders”, Marion Flécher, 2019.