Creating an external context that will have nourishing effect on the entrepreneurial activities seems to be timely, path and location dependent process. The systemic explorations of the national entrepreneurial context (environment) are still relatively underrepresented. The paper explores strengths and weaknesses of the national entrepreneurship conditions in Croatia and how stable these conditions are in the longer time frame. The aim of the study is to provide more detailed insight on the differences in perceptions among experts engaged in Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and along the time. Findings indicate deterioration of the national entrepreneurial conditions in Croatia. Experts’ perceptions of national entrepreneurial conditions diverge between experts who have and those who do not have prior entrepreneurial experiences. The time also matters – perceptual difference in evaluating the quality of national entrepreneurship conditions is observed across 2015–2018.

In this article, we ask: How can universities create novel responsible, and impactful entrepreneurship education models? Answering this question could enhance the take-up and relevance of entrepreneurship education, encouraging students, academics, entrepreneurs and, indeed, every citizen, to use their skills to address society’s grand challenges. We adopt an in-depth case approach to critically explore the EU-funded ‘Start for Future’ (SFF) alliance, an entrepreneurship and innovation mega-ecosystem that brings universities together to deliver entrepreneurship education in SDG-related domains. Our article contributes by: 1) enhancing understanding of the critical role universities play as entrepreneurial changemakers, driving social, economic and technological transformation; 2) augmenting the growing body of scholarship on entrepreneurship education, specifically illuminating the responsibility dimension in driving impactful entrepreneurship; 3) drawing attention to a novel, playful yet highly impactful entrepreneurship education model – Start for Future – one built on the principles of responsible entrepreneurship, reciprocity, mutual learning, co-creation and experimentation.