This paper investigates the antecedents of individual entrepreneurial aptitude (IEA). Since IEA is
associated with the potential to gain entrepreneurial competencies and skills which in turn play
crucial roles in the economic development of a country, we propose three antecedents related to
the individual’s perceptions, including entrepreneurial education, start-up barrier and
entrepreneurial social status. Using the data from the survey Flash Eurobarometer No.283, we
conduct structural equation modeling to test the hypotheses. The result indicates that
entrepreneurial education and social status are positively related to IEA and support the hypotheses.