The Real Start of Something New

JAN 2008 from the Wall Street Journal | Read the full story»

Entrepreneurship is "a very common vocation," Mr. Shane writes. "Each year in the United States more people start a business than get married or have children. And as much as 40 percent of the US population will be self-employed for some part of their work life." What is the typical entrepreneur like? Does he fit our popular image of the go-getting jet-setter? Not so much.

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