ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM: AN INVESTIGATIVE STUDY OF STARTUPS IN RONDONÓPOLIS – MT

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.2162222227103

• Palavras-chave: Startups. Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. Innovation.

• Keywords: Startups. Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. Innovation.

• Abstract:

  This research aims to determine the current situation of the entrepreneurial ecosystem focused on startups in Rondonópolis in the view of professionals working in this area. It was based on concepts of innovative entrepreneurship, focusing on startups with their scalable businesses and technologies. An exploratory, explanatory and qualitative research was carried out, by exposing several variables and the interaction between them, analyzing influencing variables, institutions, and public actions that are directed to the area. For that, we used the survey procedure, with professionals working in the area within the municipality of Rondonópolis, data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The research revealed that the municipality has bodies active in the area of ​​startups and that several public actions have been carried out generating positive results, but that, when it comes to variables such as government support and investor performance, it is still in a precarious situation. . It is concluded that, even with difficulties in some regional variables, the positive attitude of people willing to develop the startup ecosystem, added to the good municipal demand to direct products and services, results in a promising environment for the establishment and development of startups.