Archive for the 'Study' Tag
Business Owners Waiting For The Right Climate To Grow
President Obama’s job speech will be later today, and many business owners are apprehensive about what they will hear. A recent survey shows that entrepreneurs are ready to grow their businesses, but they are waiting for the right moment. Citibank’s latest small business survey, released Tuesday, found that 49% of small business owners are holding [...]
The Makings Of An Entrepreneur
What’s the average age, experience level, and education of an entrepreneur? A recent study by LinkedIn took a look at some of their member profiles and compared the information. The scientists at the professional social networking company sifted through the more than 120 million member profiles to find those who identified themselves as a founder [...]
Nature Versus Nurture In Entrepreneurship
According to Startup Smart, Ernst & Young has released a report stating that people are not born entrepreneurs, the traits are learned. According to the survey, 54% of respondents say they did not start their business until they were at least 30, contradicting the widespread claim that 25 is the peak age to start a [...]
Needing More Business In Education
According to Canadian Business, a new study from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) shows that over 80% of business owners surveys would choose the same path if they were given a second chance. Most of those people also recommend entrepreneurship as a viable career option for young students, unfortunately they also agree that [...]
Beware: Entrepreneurial Employees
If you thought it was the competition that you should worry about, you may be wrong. The exact strengths that helped you leave the rat race may become the controversial factor that causes one of your employees to leave the company and start up their own — within your niche. According to SmartCompany, a new [...]
Majority Small Biz Support Health Care Reform Repeal
AOL is reporting that a new survey says the majority of small business owners are in support of repealing health care reform. More than half (55 percent) of small-business owners support repeal of health care reform, according to a survey conducted in early January by Discover Small Business Watch. Forty-six percent say health-care reform, as [...]
Montana Tops In Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Missoulian: Montana ranks first in the states in entrepreneurship and innovation and 10th in overall growth, a new U.S. Chamber of Commerce study shows. The chamber’s report, “Enterprising States: Creating Jobs, Economic Development and Prosperity in Challenging Times,” concluded that state policies, along with governors, legislators and local officials, matter. “Although the federal government has [...]
Light Bulbs Make Us Better Thinkers
According to Fast Company, we have been trained so well to associate the light bulb with insight and creative thinking that simply sitting under one can inspire, well, insight and creative thinking. That’s the conclusion researchers at Tufts University came up with after putting students through a series of experiments under both a bare incandescent [...]
