Entrepreneurship is the bedrock of America. The following statistics were curated to demonstrate why social and business entrepreneurship are so important, particularly post-COVID.
Business equity accounts for 20% of total household wealth in the U.S., making it the 2nd largest source of wealth creation. In fact, 90% of new American billionaires are self-made entrepreneurs (CFED, 2014).
Entrepreneurs are change agents that bring potential into reality, resulting in a wide variation in business performance and value creation. There are many different types of entrepreneurial categories, including:
Main Street
STEM
Social and Sustainable
Inventors
Artists
Technology
Rural
Veteran
Academic
Solopreneurs
Tourism
Institutional
Gaming
Agricultural
Online Influencers
Recently Incarcerated
Intrapreneurs (Employees)
Minority, Hispanic, and Women
Cybersecurity and Data
Gigpreneurs, Freelancers, and Consultants
Writers, Editors, Bloggers, and Vloggers