Personal Information: We’d like to verify your contact information as recorded in the system
Phone Email
Building and Street City
How many dependents do you have? _____
What is the highest level of education which you have achieved? (Select only one response)
- No Formal Education
- Primary School Not Completed
- Primary School Completed
- Secondary School Not Completed
- Secondary School Completed
- College/University Not Completed
- College/University Completed
- Graduate School Not Completed
- Graduate School Completed
Name of Tertiary Level Qualification (if applicable) __________________________
Business Status Information
- What was your Business Status at initial support?
- No Idea
- Just an Idea
- Trading
- Ceased Trading
- What is your current Business Status?
- No Idea
- Just an Idea
- Trading
- Ceased Trading
Organisation Information:
- (If you answered Trading or Ceased Trading) Can you provide the following?
Business Name ____________________
Business Website ___________________
Registration Status Yes (registered). No (Unregistered)
- What was/is your area of business? (Select only one response)
- Admin/Support Service
- Agriculture
- Clothing
- Community Development
- Construction
- Creative
- Culture, Arts & Crafts
- Education
- Electrical/Mechanical
- Entertainment
- Environmental
- Extraction
- Finance & Accounting
- Graphic Design
- Food & Beverage
- Health
- Hospitality
- Industrial
- IT & Telecoms
- Leisure/Sports
- Manual Services
- Manufacturing
- Media
- Project Management
- Public Administration
- Retail
- Security
- Services
- Social Enterprises
- Transportation
- (If you answered Ceased Trading) What date did you cease selling/trading? …….(Day) / …….(Month) / …….(Year)
6. What date did you start selling/trading? …….(Day) / …….(Month) / …….(Year)
- What was the reason for your business ceasing? (Select all that apply)
- Health Problems
- Personal Situation Changes
- Problems with business model
- Too much effort required
- Didn’t generate enough personal income
- Costs too high
- Competition too strong
- Not enough demand
- Poor quality products/services
- Problems with staff
- Problems with suppliers/distributors
- Problems with premises
- Theft/Vandalism
- Political/Economic Environment
- Other _____________________
- Do you intend to start a business sometime in the future?
- Yes
- No
- (If yes to Qn 8) When do you think you would be able to start?
- Next three months
- Next six months
- Next year
- Not sure
- What support do you require in getting started?______________________________
- Why have you given up your plans to open a business? (Select all that apply)
- Health Problems
- Personal Situation changes
- Problems with business model
- Too much effort required
- Didn’t generate enough personal Income
- Costs too high
- Competition too strong
- Not enough demand
- Poor Quality products/services
- Problems with staff
- Problems with suppliers/distributors
- Problems with premises
- Theft/Vandalism
- Political/Economic Environment
- Fraud/Corruption
- Force majeure
- Other _____________________
- (If you answered Trading) Have you expanded your current business?
- Yes
- No
- (IF you answered Yes to expansion) How have you expanded your current business? (Please select all that apply)
- I have hired someone
- I have increased sales
- I have purchased new stock or goods
- I have opened a new branch
- At your initial contact date, how many PAID employees did you have? ___________
- How many PAID employees do you currently have? (Please include full time, part time and season workers) ___________
- What has been your estimated increase in monthly or annual revenue in Trinidad Dollars? (Select the percentile that is most applicable)
- 0%
- 4%
- 8%
- 12%
- >12%
- What are the biggest challenges you have been facing as an entrepreneur?
- What challenged you from expanding your business further?
- Health Problems
- Personal Situation Changes
- Problems with business model
- Too much effort required
- Didn’t generate enough personal income
- Costs too high
- Competition too strong
- Not enough demand
- Poor quality products/services
- Problems with staff
- Problems with suppliers/distributors
- Problems with premises
- Theft/Vandalism
- Political/Economic Environment
- Other ____________ (E.g. access to funding, access to markets, human resources etc.)
Quality of support: To help us improve our services we’d like to know what you thought of the support we provided you.
- What type of support have you received from YBTT? (Select only one response)
- Mentorship only
- Training only
- Loan Financing Only
- Mentorship and Training
- Mentorship and Loan Financing
- Training and Loan Financing
- Mentorship, Training and Loan Financing
- To what degree would you say that having a mentor positively impacts your business?
(Select only one response)
- A lot
- Somewhat
- Not really
- Not sure
- Not at all
- Which training did you attend? (Select all that apply)
- One Day Workshop
- Start Up Weekend
- Mayaro Entrepreneurial Training
- Marabella Entrepreneurial Training
- Blanchisseuse Entrepreneurial Training
- Chaguanas Entrepreneurial Training
- Agri Business Sector Training
- Get Fit for Business/Entrepreneurship Training
- Which statement most describes your motivation for starting the training programme? (Select only one response)
- I wanted to become an entrepreneur
- I wanted to learn more about entrepreneurship
- I wanted to gain skills and knowledge that could help me grow my business
- I wanted help in deciding whether I should pursue entrepreneurship
- To what degree would you say that you used the lessons learned in your YBTT training to operate your business? (select only response)
- A lot
- Somewhat
- Not really
- Not sure
- Not at all
- How likely is it that you would recommend YBTT to other young people?
- 0 – Not at all likely
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10 – Very Likely
- Do you see entrepreneurship as a viable career option in Trinidad and Tobago?
- A lot
- Somewhat
- Not really
- Not sure
- Not at all