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America is built on the backs of individuals, and 79.66% of small businesses are self-employed individuals.
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120 million people work for a small business, which is over 50 percent of the working population
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Microbusinesses (those that employ fewer than ten employees), despite declining in overall number since the 1970s, still make up 75.3% of private-sector employers.
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75% of small businesses used their own personal finances as primary startup funding.
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Entrepreneurs who succeeded in a prior venture, such as a company that went public, have a 30% chance of success in their next venture.
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40 percent of small businesses are profitable, 30 percent break even and 30 percent are continually losing money.
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51 percent of owners of small businesses are 50-88 years old, 33 percent are 35-49 and only 16 percent are 35 year olds and under.
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One statistic thrown around often is that 60% of restaurants close within a year of their opening.
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large businesses only employ about 38 percent of the private sector workforce while small businesses employ 53 percent of the workforce.
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