This paper reports on the primary findings of a research regarding the entrepreneurial intentions of the business students of a provincial TEI (Technological Educational Institute) and the factors that influence their purpose to create their own firm. The questionnaire survey revealed that the most important motivation for students was to implement their own ideas, while the heavy workload, the probability of failure and loosing their money, and the bureaucracy are the most eminent barriers to start their firm. Despite the economic crisis, students feel rather able to overcome the various barriers to their business venture. Thus, they claimed to be rather interested to start a firm in a field related to their degree. The TEI seems to have played a rather significant role to this relatively high entrepreneurial inclination, especially in terms of organizing conferences/workshops on entrepreneurship and administrating the internship.