It Figures 04/05

This story appears in the April 2005 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »

70% of workers believe their productivity would improve if they could work at home or have flextime. Statistic Source: Netilla Networks 200 thousand mobile phones worldwide were left in taxis in the last half of 2004. Statistic Source: Pointsec 6 million Americans get information and news through RSS aggregators. Statistic Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project 133 thousand PCs are replaced or discarded every day in the U.S.; only 10% are recycled. Statistic Source: Gartner/GrassRoots Recycling Network 90% of those participating in conference calls keep busy with other things instead of following the discussion. Statistic Source: Raindance Communications Readers spend an average of 15 to 20 seconds on each e-mail opened. Statistic Source: Loren McDonald, EmailLabs VP of marketing