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Today, official data reveals that there are more than 4.4 million micro, small and medium-sized companies, driven by young entrepreneurs.
More than 2.1 million people lost their jobs as part of the effects derived from the pandemic
With more than 1.7 billion registered users, TikTok has become one of the main allies of young entrepreneurs.
The streets of Mexico City (CDMX) were “invaded” by the initiative of a child who decided to start a small tlayudas business, managing to conquer both passers-by and Internet users on social networks.
Given the arrival of the pandemic and the effect it had on the labor sector, a concept that began to become popular was that of “entrepreneurship”, an alternative that, among young people, began to gain ground. In fact, with data from Association of Entrepreneurs of Mexico (ASEM), today there are more than 4.4 million micro, small and medium-sized companieswhich are promoted by young entrepreneurs who, for the most part, range between 26 and 35 years of age (35 percent).
And we must not forget that, in Mexico, according to data from the National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE) carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), by the end of 2021, 2.1 million people lost their jobs as part of the effects derived from the pandemic.
On the other hand, a significant number of young people were left without taking classes after the closure of schools and the mandatory method of online classes that took hold during the health emergency, which is why, given the lack of connection or internet in various regions, the number of students who dropped out was important.
According to the results of the Survey for the Measurement of the Impact of Covid-19, it is mentioned that “for reasons associated with Covid-19 or due to lack of money or resources 5.2 million people (9.6 percent of the total from three to 29 years old) were not enrolled for the 2020-2021 school year.”.
What’s this all about? TikTok, the social network of the moment, has become the space where the initiative and inventiveness of a child are going viral.
And it is that a video shows the success that the boy had with his tlayudas business, which he decided to start in one of the busiest avenues in CDMX and at a time of great influx: the last march called by the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO).
@reyesdelamora #tlayudas #tlayudasoaxaqueñas #cdmx #marchaamlo #childworker? #Mexican food
Undoubtedly, thanks to the reach of social networks, today’s youth initiatives can go a long way, especially when it comes to generating income for various causes.
In this sense, we are talking about a time when platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and even Snapchat have become the ally of young entrepreneurs.
Here it is worth taking up again what ASEM mentions: currently, 22.4 percent of entrepreneurs started their business between the ages of 26 and 30. Putting together business founders between the ages of 21 and 25 (14.1 percent), and between the ages of 18 and 20 (2.6 percent), it is revealed that, in reality, 39.1 percent of entrepreneurs are under 30 years of age.
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