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The 10 Best States For Small Business
Business Insider ^
| 06/11/2014
| Richard Feloni
Posted on 06/11/2014 10:31:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The happiest small-business owners are all in the Midwest and South, according to a new survey.
Online job marketplace Thumbtack and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation surveyed more than 12,000 small-business owners across 38 states in the U.S. on topics concerning how easy it is to start and grow a small business in their state.
"Thousands of small-business owners across the country told us that the keys to a pro-growth environment are ease of compliance with tax and regulatory systems and helpful training programs," says Jon Lieber, Thumbtack's chief economist.
Participants determined that the most important regulatory issue in determining their state's friendliness to small businesses was how easy it was to become licensed. Tax rates proved to be less of a concern than regulatory compliance for small-business owners, with two-thirds of those surveyed saying they paid neither too little nor too much.
Here are the 10 states that are friendliest to small businesses, according to the poll:
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: smallbusiness; states
To: SeekAndFind
1. Utah
2. Idaho
3. Texas
4. Virginia
5. Louisiana
6. Tennessee
7. Oklahoma
8. Colorado
9. Kentucky
10. Georgia
The only reason Wyoming or the Dakotas did not make the list is inconvenient location.
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posted on
06/11/2014 10:36:39 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Vigilanteman
Surprised FL isn’t on that list.
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posted on
06/11/2014 10:39:43 AM PDT
by
FlJoePa
("Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good")
Actually, it looks like 11 states we not even included in the survey: Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming.
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posted on
06/11/2014 10:41:44 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Vigilanteman
Where are the Northeastern and West Coast states?
To: SeekAndFind
Those are the states that businesses are moving from.
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posted on
06/11/2014 10:52:33 AM PDT
by
kempster
Make that 12 exclusions: Delaware also.
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posted on
06/11/2014 10:55:06 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Vigilanteman
I am a small business owner in Utah. It rocks!
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posted on
06/11/2014 10:56:32 AM PDT
by
colorcountry
(The gospel will transform our politics, not vice versa (Romans 12:1,2))
To: SeekAndFind
Idaho! Maybe I’ll move there—it’s only 26 miles away.
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:09:45 AM PDT
by
Veto!
(OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
To: colorcountry
Can you give us more specifics as to why you think so?
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:15:59 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:16:32 AM PDT
by
iowamark
(I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
To: SeekAndFind
To not mention Alaska should require an Atomic Wedgie..
a poke to the eyes, and a pie to the face..
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:42:18 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: Vigilanteman
The only reason Wyoming or the Dakotas did not make the list is inconvenient location. LOL! Not if you live there!
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posted on
06/11/2014 12:11:49 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: SeekAndFind; 2A Patriot; 2nd amendment mama; 4everontheRight; 77Jimmy; A Strict Constructionist; ...
We almost made it gang. South Carolina got a B+.
South Carolina Ping
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posted on
06/11/2014 12:33:50 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(... honesty is the never-ending rehearsal for those who want to be the friends of God...)
To: upchuck
To: colorcountry
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posted on
06/11/2014 12:51:07 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: Vigilanteman
NY would be at the top for one of the WORST states to own a business in.
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posted on
06/11/2014 8:11:12 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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