Responding to surveys by the State Council on Vocational Technical Education, Minnesota's technical institutes identified 1,169 of their students who graduated during the 10-year period prior to 1984 and who subsequently established or purchased business enterprises. The collection and analysis of these data represented key steps by the Council, in cooperation with the State Board of Vocational Technical Education and technical institutes, to establish a database on entrepreneurial graduates of postsecondary vocational technical education in Minnesota. Data compiled thus far revealed significant findings regarding the relationship of vocational technical education to entrepreneurial initiatives. The 730 entrepreneurial graduates who hired one or more employees averaged 5.3 employees. No employees were hired by 407 graduates. Sixty-three percent established rather than purchased their businesses. Approximately two-thirds of the enterprises established or purchased were within 50 miles of the entrepreneur's technical institute. They engaged in a broad range of enterprises. Ninety-eight percent were in businesses related to their vocational programs. Five of the 12 vocational program groups in the technical institutes accounted for 82 percent of all the graduates, with the industrial trades accounting for 56 percent. (YLB)