It Figures 01/05
Entrepreneurial cities, hiring plans and more
35%
of businesses plan to hire more staff by April.
Statistic Source: "Small Business
Monitor" by OPEN from American Express
89%
of parents say they first introduced their children to computers at
age 4 or younger.
Statistic Source:
ParentCenter.com
The percentage of job seekers who said they'd risk starting
a business increased from
6.8%
in 2003 to
10%
in 2004.
Statistic Source: Challenger, Gray
& Christmas
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From 1998 to 2003,
30%
of all defense contract money reportedly going to small businesses
actually went to large companies.
Statistic Source: The Center for
Public Integrity
How entrepreneurial is your city? Visa asked that question and
developed the Visa Entrepreneurial Index, which assigns a score
between 1 and 100 to the nation's major Metropolitan
Statistical Areas (MSAs) based on two main criteria: the average
number of new business licenses and DBA registrations; and the
number of utility patents issued. Here are the 10 most
entrepreneurial MSAs below; read the full list at www.entrepreneur.com/mag/visacities.
