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Forced to take that route — necessity, not opportunity, is now the majority reason Americans start a business
Two-thirds of new entrepreneurs in the latest national survey cite job scarcity as their reason for starting a business, not a good idea they couldn't pass up -- and that share has been rising every year since 2022, not holding steady.
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Two curves, one word — "entrepreneur" means something different depending which chart you're reading
The survey that measures who's starting things says 18-24 year-olds, at the highest rate on record. The Census-linked research that measu...
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