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5 friendliest states for small business – Idaho leads the list

May 9, 2012/

Today Thumbtack.com, in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, released new data showing that Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma and Utah all earned A+’s for their friendliness towards small businesses. In contrast, small business owners gave California, Hawaii, Vermont, and Rhode Island an F, while New York narrowly avoided this lowest category with a D grade. Top performing cities included Oklahoma City, Dallas-Ft. Worth and San Antonio.

Full Report: http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/small-businesses-rate-idaho-and-texas-friendliest-states-california-and-new-york-among-least-friendly-according-to-survey.aspx

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