Entrepreneurial potential of post- conflict former combatans from Tallambi, colombia

The research arises from the participation in the research project called: Entrepreneurship in the Colombo - Ecuadorian border integration zone as part of post-conflict context of universities: UNIMINUTO regional Pasto and Universidad Politecnica Estatal del Carchi – Ecuador, as part of the VII call for the development and strengthening of research at UNIMINUTO, this project was selected among 250 projects at a national level. The objective of the research is to characterize the productive entrepreneurship among the former combatants in Tallambi – a town in Cumbal. The project is part of the positivist paradigm, the approach is quantitative in nature, and the type of research is descriptive. Data collection was carried out through the application of surveys to the groups of ex-combatants. The sample of the study are 128 former combatants who are located in Tallambi- Cumbal in Narino- Colombia. Results indicated that the majority of ex-combatants are young, aging between 26 to 30 years old, therefore, they are of productive age for developing different types of entrepreneurship, and as a conclusion it is noted that the majority of former combatants are interested in creating businesses.