The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council recently released its Small Business Survival Index for 2010. The index ranks the climate for small businesses in the 50 states (and D.C.) based on public policy factors that include 38 major government-related, or imposed costs.
A few of the issues included in the ranking are:
- Taxes
- Regulatory costs
- Government spending
- Property rights
- Health care
- Energy costs
- Crime rate
To read the full, original article click on this link: If You Want A Company To Survive, Start It Up In One Of These 20 States
Author: Leah Goldman
