청년 창업 멘토링이 기업가정신과 초기 기업의 창업 성과에 미치는 영향 -심층 인터뷰와 포커스 그룹 인터뷰를 중심으로-

This study analyzed the actual impact of central and local governments’ startup mentoring programs on the entrepreneurship and early startup business performances of company owners and prospective owners. To analyze the participants’ hidden intentions, literature review, in-depth interview, and focus group interview research methodologies were used consecutively. The following results were obtained. First, participants with higher expectations toward the mentoring programs tended to evaluate the programs more negatively, with a substantial number of interviewees responding that the quality of the programs was subpar. Second, startup mentoring programs seem to have had positive effects on building entrepreneurship. The effect was especially significant in areas such as creativeness and innovation. Third, the mentoring programs did not have a significant impact on business performance, suggesting the need for institutions’ active participation in mentor-mentee relations and programs. Fourth, most participants evaluated mentoring programs as unsatisfactory, meaning that the programs do not meet the intention and purpose of the institutions providing them. Based on these analyses, the academic importance of this study was highlighted and ways startup mentoring programs can improve in the future were suggested.