Americans filed more applications to start a business last year than in any year on record. This year is on pace to beat it. Here is who is starting, where, and what the numbers quietly reveal.
By the Modern Enterprise Report Editorial Team··6 min read
Four out of five small businesses in America have no employees. Most are modest, a few are remarkable, and together they form one of the largest and least understood forces in the economy.
In less than a year, the share of American businesses using artificial intelligence jumped by more than a third. The surprise is who is keeping pace: the very smallest firms.
More than a third of working Americans now do some of their work from home, and one in five adults earns on the side. Here is the clear-eyed picture, plus the warning signs that cost people $750 million in a single year.
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