Entrepreneurialism and the Soul of the American Economy: How
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dearie, John, PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons Inc, Essential insights on fostering business startups and ong>theong>ir integral role in ong>theong> overall economy Recent research has demonstrated that a majority of "all" net ong>newong> job creation in ong>theong> United States over ong>theong> past thirty years has come from businesses less than a year old--true "start-ups." On average, start-up businesses create three million ong>newong> jobs each year, while existing businesses of any size or age shed a net average of about one million jobs annually. Unfortunately, ong>theong> vital signs of America's job-creating entrepreneurial economy are declining, but ong>theong>re is a way to get back on track, and "ong>Theong> Entrepreneur's Manifesto" will show you how. Based on extensive research and interviews with hundreds of entrepreneur's, this practical guide provides a host of ideas to stimulate and nurture business startups and spur overall economic growth and job creation. "ong>Theong> Entrepreneur's Manifesto" skillfully explains ong>theong> entrepreneurial plight in ong>theong> Great Recession and offers dozens of recommendations to reinvigorate business startups of all kinds.Highlights over thirty actions, from reducing ong>theong> tax rate on startup ventures to providing U.S. students with a tax credit for graduating with a technical/science degree that could nurture business startupsReveals why ong>theong> failure of policymakers to understand ong>theong> unique needs of startups in part explains ong>theong> ineffectiveness of recent efforts to stimulate ong>theong> economyExplores how startups are very different than existing businesses, large or small, and puts ong>theong> issues ong>theong>y face in perspective Engaging and informative, "ong>Theong> Entrepreneur's Manifesto" addresses what it will take to provide startups with ong>theong> incentives, regulatory certainty, and skilled workers necessary to succeed and, in ong>theong> process, generate millions of ong>newong> jobs.