Business Owner Perceptions of COVID-19 Effects on the Business: Preliminary Findings July 16, 2020 A nationally representative survey of 850 business owners conducted between April 7 and June 2, 2020, reveals changes in the perception of the business environment under COVID-19 conditions.
Who is the Entrepreneur? Race and Ethnicity, Age, and Immigration Trends Among New Entrepreneurs in the United States, 1996–2019 July 6, 2020 Learn more about the trends in race and ethnicity, age, and immigration among new entrepreneurs in the United States between 1996 and 2019.
New Business Applications in the Heartland: Early 2020 Weekly Trends During the COVID-19 Pandemic June 30, 2020 Business responses to COVID-19 are rapid and can change quickly. This brief takes a closer look at how new business applications vary by geography in four Heartland states (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska) between mid-January and late May 2020.
Challenges for Entrepreneurs in the Heartland June 22, 2020 How do entrepreneurs in the Heartland – Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska – perceive challenges compared to entrepreneurs nationally? We asked Heartland and nationwide entrepreneurs to rank the order of the three to five most challenging barriers from a list of 13 barriers to discover what matters most to them.
Characteristics of the Large Early 2020 Decline in New Businesses during COVID-19 June 12, 2020 This working paper analyzes one important factor of entrepreneurship – new business applications – in the first 16 weeks of 2020 and historically. Week 16 in 2020 ended on April 18.
Interest in Starting and Closing a Business: Google Searches in the COVID-19 Context June 3, 2020 Given the rapid and widespread changes in the economy due to COVID-19, internet searches may offer some insight into how people are thinking about their current economic situation. This brief looks at trends in Google searches related to entrepreneurship.
Mentoring in Entrepreneurship Support: Some Basics June 2, 2020 Mentoring is offered as a feature to support entrepreneurs in a variety of entrepreneurship support programs, including incubators, accelerators, small business chambers, and entrepreneurship education initiatives. Mentoring is a popular entrepreneurship support intervention, and it can be offered either as a main focus or as one of several features in a package of offerings.
Early-Stage Entrepreneurship in the United States: National and State Report (2019) June 1, 2020 This report presents national and state level trends in early-stage entrepreneurship for the years 1996-2019 in the United States, as well as trends for specific demographic groups when possible.
Challenges Along the Entrepreneurial Journey: Considerations for Entrepreneurship Supporters May 28, 2020 We asked more than 500 entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs across the United States about the challenges they face to better understand how entrepreneurship supporters can help.
Demand for Business Advice or Mentoring Among Entrepreneurs April 30, 2020 This brief presents a breakdown of the reasons entrepreneurs seek business advice or mentoring, as well as the sources of mentoring, drawing from the 2016 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs. The trends explained here are based on the perceptions of the entrepreneurs themselves, which provide insight into how they think about and navigate the process of obtaining business advice or mentoring.