New data show women starting new businesses at a “torrid” pace, according to an American Express analysis of Census Bureau figures. Between 1997 and 2014, the number of women-owned businesses in the U.S. rose by 68 percent. They are starting an estimated 1,288 companies each day, up from 602 in 2011-12. They are starting businesses twice as fast as men.
More Women Starting Businesses Isn’t Necessarily Good News
The underlying causes are nothing to cheer about.
June 25, 2014
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