GAME – Global Alliance For Mass Entrepreneurship

The 'Missing Middle'

Self-Employed

Government schemes, MFIs, and livelihood programs have helped create 75 million individual entrepreneurs (set to double in 20 years)

Experts regard the majority of these entrepreneurs to be underemployed, effectively forming the ‘hidden unemployed’

Mass
Entrepreneurs

who hire or improve the incomes of 5 plus people, use local inputs or solve local problems

11% ME in India compared to a global average of 30–40%

Fast Growth Start-Ups

40%

Increase in the number of active incubators and accelerators in 2016 with impetus from government and corporates

30

New academic incubators established under ‘Start-up India Stand-up India’ initiative in 2016

350

Start-ups founded by young students in 2016

650

Total number of start-ups funded in 2016 by dedicated institutions

$40 Billion

Flow of funding to start-ups in 2016

Report Launch

To enable the survival of small businesses, GAME’s MSME Transformation Task Force, GAME National Taskforce and Former Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, has arrived at actionable recommendations to revive the MSME sector through a forward-looking report, titled, “Improving Economic Dynamism and Accelerating MSME Growth”.

The report was launched on World MSME Day, 2020, by Shri Nitin Gadkari, Honorable Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the presence of:
Shri B S Yediyurappa, Chief Minister of Karnataka
Shri Conrad Kongkal Sangm, Chief Minister of Meghalaya
Shri Trivendra Singh, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Shri Vijay Inder Singla, Minister for Education and Public Works, Government of Punjab

Mass Entrepreneurship is an idea whose time has clearly come.

Youth, Jobs and Entrepreneurship
by Ravi Venkatesan

Increasing the Pie through Women Mass Entrepreneurs
by Madan Padaki

In Conversation With
Ravi Venkatesan

Our Focus

Making entrepreneurship aspirational

Entrepreneurship is not aspirational in India and often people aspire for govt jobs that are in short supply

Nurturing entrepreneurial mindsets and skills early

Early exposure to entrepreneurship and traits is critical to creating the right mindset

Converting job-seekers to entrepreneurs

Potential entrepreneurs need the support systems and skills to find market opportunities and start their own business

Helping single and micro entrepreneurs grow

Currently, a majority of these entrepreneurs are in the informal sector, they need the right mindset and tools/support to grow

Enabling women to start and succeed as MEs.

The challenge is particularly magnified for women who require a focused, gender-responsive approach across all areas

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Past Events

The MSME Transformation “Dynamic India” Convening

GAME, supported by Facebook, hosted the online convening “MSME TRANSFORMATION “DYNAMIC INDIA” on Wednesday, 15th July, 2020. The day-long convening included

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Futurepreneurs Grand Challenge

Based on some of the learnings from the study, ‘Unlocking Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Women’, GAME and Facebook India launched the Futurpreneur Grand Challenge...

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#StrongerTogether

Facebook India in partnership with Facebook, FICCI, GAME, UNDP, and Josh Talks is hosting a series of webinars titled, #StrongerTogether. The purpose behind this is to facilitate a conversation between policymakers, industry ....

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Small Businesses Coming Back To Life-Recovering from COVID19

In partnership with Your Story, GAME hosted an online convening “Small Businesses Coming Back To Life - Recovering from COVID-19” to focus on a collective approach to support...

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COVID19 Impact on Small Businesses

GAME Alliance partners address the Impact of COVID on small businesses through online sessions: Building A Support Network for Nano and Micro-Entrepreneurs.

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