I am helping in the revision of a book and many of the facts used are
out of date. Most of these were current in 1994-1995 so if we could
get the most current information for the new edition that would be
fantastic.

1. According to USA Today, as many as 96 percent of adults ages 25?44
are ?very interested? in owning their own business.

Hello taylorc-ga,

I could not locate an exact duplication of the statistics you?re
trying to update but I?ve found lots of survey results showing the
level of interest in entrepreneurship by various age groups. Some of
these should meet your needs for making the point about interest in
starting or owning your own business.

All the best.

~ czh ~


http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1230.html
http://www.dmn.ca/Click/articles/vol31/click31b.htm
YAHOO! POLL SHOWS MAJORITY OF AMERICAN ADULTS HAVE ENTREPRENEURIAL
ASPIRATIONS AND THE INTERNET HAS MADE LAUNCHING A SMALL BUSINESS
EASIER

Sunnyvale, CA -- April 20, 2005 -- Three in four American adults (72
percent) have considered starting their own businesses and a similar
percentage (75 percent) said the Internet has made it easier to launch
a small business, according to a new survey commissioned by Yahoo!
Small Business and conducted by Harris InteractiveŽ. In addition,
nearly half of those who have considered starting a business but
haven't yet (47 percent) said they would "never be too old" to do so.

The nationwide survey of more than 2,200 U.S. adults is being released
in advance of National Small Business Week, April 25-29. The survey,
conducted earlier this month, measured sentiment among the general
population about aspirations for owning a small business and the role
of the Internet in enabling the start up of small businesses.

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http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/news/trends/article.php/3499566
Studies Reveal Online Entrepreneurship Thriving
Yahoo!, Register.com and Harris Interactive shed light on a growing trend
April 21, 2005

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http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/smallbizboom.htm
New Nationwide Study Finds Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Eying Their Own Business

The new survey conducted by Harris Interactive was commissioned by
Register.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:RCOM), a leading provider of global domain
registration and Internet services, in tandem with Small Business Week
and the Small Business Administration's SBA Expo '05 (April 26-28,
2005). Survey results show the strength of the entrepreneurial spirit
in the United States.

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http://currents.ucsc.edu/05-06/10-10/business.asp
October 10, 2005
More than 500,000 new businesses launched each month, economist's study says 

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http://www.entre-ed.org/_arc/intro.htm
ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVERYWHERE

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http://www.allbusiness.com/blog/JustForSmallBusiness/3357/003369.html
Nearly 70 Percent of Teens Want to Start Business
Posted on September 26, 2005 at 07:37 AM

Today?s teens are excited about the possibility of being their own
boss, according to the JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) 2005
?Interprise? Poll on Teens and Entrepreneurship.?
Sixty-nine percent of those taking the poll indicated they would like
to start their own business, a five percent increase over last year?s
results.


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