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No Recovery Without Entrepreneurs’ Help?
According to HBP statistics, quoting the Kauffman Foundation, entrepreneurs have been key drivers of economic recovery in past recessions. In fact, since 1980, companies less than five years old have accounted for virtually all net new-job creation in the U.S.
Considering myself as an entrepreneur I read the Entrepreneurs’ Gloom Contradicts Wall Street Optimism.
The Foundation’s September 2009 study of more than 400 entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs shows that 75% think the United States cannot have a sustained economic recovery without another burst of entrepreneurial activity.
Duh. Isn’t that clear? Elementary…
The following statistic tidbit got my attention:
75 percent think the United States cannot have a sustained economic recovery without another burst of entrepreneurial activity.
Duh. Isn’t that clear? Elementary…
Reading the survey summary (pdf) the following slide was not surprising:

The US is not doing enough
I found out that many successful, talented entrepreneur that are currently in the US with H1 visa are unable to start a business in the US, even if they willing to go through this difficult process.
The vast majority of entrepreneurs think it should be easier to start a business:

Starting a business in the US
For many entrepreneurs, starting a business in THE US, is NOT an option. You don’t need a Nobel Prize in economy to understand why the US economy need to make it easier to H1 visa holders to start a business in the US and help boost economy.