New Report: 28% of Marylanders Have Started a Small Business, Majority Have Participated in Start-Ups

Where is the bailout for small business owners?

Last Friday, the Greater Baltimore Technology Council and Maryland's Department of Business & Economic Development released statewide survey results indicating that a whopping 28% of all Marylanders have "founded or partnered" in a business.

According to DBED: "The report, On Entrepreneurism: A Statewide Survey of Business Owners explores the business start-up by industry and examines the role government and advocacy groups can play to support entrepreneurs. Key findings indicate that 56% of Marylanders have personal experience with business start-ups as a creator, participant or supporter and 47% have been directly involved in a business start-up as a creator or participant. Complete results."