QUESTION: Have you ever seriously considered starting your own business?
Yes: 71%
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No: 29%
QUESTION: Which of the following would you consider to be the biggest draw for you to start a business on your own?
Being your own boss, call the shots on all decisions: 25%
The potential for making – and controlling – profits: 63%
Setting your own schedule, with flexible hours: 12%
QUESTION: Which of the following would you consider to be the biggest deterrent for you to start a business on your own?
Formidable start-up costs: 72%
An overall fear of failure: 14%
The prospects of personnel management/bookkeeping: 14%
QUESTION: If you were to start your own business, would it be more likely to be directly related to what you do now or something very different?
It would relate to what I’m doing now: 75%
It would be something very different: 25%
