There are now a lot of studies have focused on starting a business whereas very little research discuss the essential skills for startups. So this study will approach students' point of view to show what are the important skills and skills that students have accumulated to serve their startup intentions. The results of this study show that both hard and soft skills are important for business startups, but in terms of the accumulation of these skills, the students of the College of Economics at Cantho University now accrue soft skills is relatively better than hard skills. Based on these results, this paper offers recommendations for curriculum development of the College of Economics’s training programs.