Entrepreneurs: Are You A Pretender or Contender?
The data: About half of small businesses fail within the first five years, and two-thirds close their doors within 10 years. Despite those high failure rates and the harsh effects of the coronavirus crisis on the U.S. economy, entrepreneurship boomed in 2020: business startups grew to 4.4 million – a 24% increase from 2019. Q2 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The Question: Are You A Pretender Or A Contender As An Entrepreneur?Expert’s take: James Webb grew up poor, overcame adversity in business, endured personal heartbreak and cancer, and ended up as a highly-successful entrepren...