ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate Gish Abay TVET College trainees’ innovative skills and their business startup. The trainees’ innovative skills, their state of business startup, and the association between them along with determinants of business startup were investigated. To address these specific purposes, primary data were collected from TVET trainees as target respondents. A survey research design was employed frame the data collected from a total of 207 sele...