America loves entrepreneurs? Don’t kid yourself

You know, there’s a lot of talk about what an entrepreneurial culture we have here (as opposed to an entrepreneurial economy) but I’m beginning to think that’s a load of crap.
Stop and think for a minute about how many different sets of people throw up obstacles when a would-be entrepreneur outs him or herself.
First, you [...]

Forget gas prices. We love our cars

Americans really do live in an automotive culture. That probably has to do with the sprawling habitat we’ve created for ourselves over here, away from cramped Europe.
Which, in its turn, explains why Europeans are much more willing to be carbon footprint conscious than we are. Their living spaces are built on a smaller scale, they [...]

Two new startups every twelve seconds

Well … almost.
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation released their Index of Entrepreneurial Activity for 2006 last week.
To use their own tooting-our-own-horn language, this Index “is the only annual study to measure business start-up activity for the entire U.S. adult population at the individual owner level.” Just so you know.
Things seem to be slowing down for [...]

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