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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Kauffman Foundation Study Finds More than Half of Fortune 500 Companies Were Founded in Recession or Bear Market

Kauffman Foundation Study Finds More than Half of Fortune 500 Companies Were Founded in Recession or Bear Market: "recessions often create widespread economic grief, they also can encourage potential entrepreneurs, acting "as an extra spur to founding a new company, if the founders perceive their prospective competition might be weakened." Rising unemployment can benefit new enterprises: entrepreneurs may view unemployment as an opportunity to start a company, and seize the advantage provided by the ability to tap into a larger pool of potential employees.

"While startups may not begin with the intention of reaching the Fortune 500 list, they're hard at work under the radar," said Dane Stangler, senior analyst at the Kauffman Foundation and author of the study"

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