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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

Both Sides of the Table

How to Interpret Analyst Reports. The stats are often quoted from the latest reports. Often when they do I throw out my favorite statistic: 73.6% of all statistics are made up. Often when they do I throw out my favorite statistic: 73.6% of all statistics are made up. Stats sell. I say it deadpanned.

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6 Ways To Get Credible Data To Support A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Modern libraries are still worth a visit. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

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What are the odds of your startup’s success?

Berkonomics

Well, the numbers don’t lie, even if there are several sources of these statistics. Census Bureau reports that 400,000 new businesses are started every year in the USA, but 470,000 are dying. Bureau of Labor Statistics states that 50% of all businesses survive five years or more, and about one-third survive ten years or more.

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6 Keys To Sizing Your Market For A New Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Modern libraries are still worth a visit. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

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LA Leads In Entrepreneurs, Says Report

socalTECH

A new study released by the Kauffman Foundation this week shows that the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has the highest number of entrepreneurs per 100,000 people, of the top fifteen largest MSAs. The report covers all business entrepreneurs, not just those in the high tech industry.

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L.A. Tech Wages Rising Fastest in the Nation

L.A. Business Journal

Bureau of Labor Statistics compiled in a report by downtown real estate investment firm Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. Los Angeles County tech wages are growing faster than the earnings of tech employees in the nation’s other big cities, according to data from the U.S.

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6 Simple Steps to Avoid Becoming a Cybercrime Statistic in 2018

Xconomy

Verizon’s Data Breach Investigation Report identified passwords as the root cause of more than 81 percent of breaches in 2016 – an 18 percent increase from the previous year. And, it’s a safe guess that this year, the percentage will grow.