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US: start up rate for new businesses declined in 2011
03/26/12
06:03:05 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
, 140 words 
Categories: Entrepreneurship/Leadership/Innovation
Nevertheless, the level of entrepreneurship in 2011 is among the highest during the past 16 years.
BusinessWeek: Why Entrepreneurship Is Declining, by Karen E. Klein, March 21. 2012
The startup rate for new businesses declined in 2011 and new entrepreneurs were more likely to go it alone than hire employees, new data from the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity show. The annual survey, released this week by the private, nonpartisan Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, showed a 5.9 percent drop from 2010 to 2011, with approximately 543,000 new businesses created in the U.S. each month last year. Even with the drop, the level of entrepreneurship in 2011 is among the highest during the past 16 years. I spoke recently with Kauffman researcher E.J. Reedy, who worked on the study. Edited excerpts of our conversation follow. read more on BusinessWeek
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Activity, Company Foundation, Entrepeneurship
We thank Ronnie for the hat tip.
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