Montana No. 1 for business startups per 100,000 adults. You should be here living and growing your startup!

Fewer entrepreneurs took the plunge and started new businesses across America in 2012, according to statistics from a Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity report released in April.

Despite the drop nationwide, Montana rose to the top of the list as the No. 1 state for entrepreneurial activity in 2012. Kauffman data show Montana has an entrepreneurial index of 53 percent, meaning 530 out of 100,000 adults here created a new businesses each month during 2012.

Entrepreneurs in western Montana see the top ranking as a sign that mobilization to connect entrepreneurs as well as the continued emergence of tools and technology to help good ideas grow into good businesses are working.

By Jenna Cederberg

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/business/local/state-earns-high-rank-report-montana-no-for-business-startups/article_1db9789a-bbe9-11e2-92d5-001a4bcf887a.html

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