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Major findings in new small business report reflect changes in small business ownership and entrepreneurial education

As we discussed in the first installment of this series, recent findings in the Intuit Future of Small Business Report™ identifies three major trends over the next ten years when it comes to small business ownership: the changing face of small business, the rise of personal business and the emergence of entrepreneurial education. According to the report, those trends led to five major findings: <OL> <LI>Entrepreneurs will no longer come predominantly from the middle of the age spectrum, but instead from the edges. People nearing retirement and their children just entering the job market will set the bar as the most entrepreneurial generation ever. <LI>American entrepreneurship will reflect a huge upswing in the number of women. The glass ceiling that has limited women’s growth in traditional corporate career paths will send a rich talent pool to the small business sector. <LI>Immigrant entrepreneurs will drive a new wave of globalization. U.S. immigration policy and the outcome of the current immigration debates will affect how this segment performs over the next decade. <LI>Contract workers, accidental and social entrepreneurs will fuel a proliferation of personal businesses. Economic, social and technological change — and an increased interest in flexible work schedules — will produce a more independent workforce seeking a better work-life balance. <LI>Entrepreneurship will be a widely adopted curriculum at educational, trade and vocational institutions. As a result, artists, musicians and others not traditionally exposed to business education will learn not just their trade but small-business management skills as well. </LI></OL> In the final part of this series, we’ll take a look at the ways future small business owners might shift away from traditional employment. 10 application/xml false changes in small business education entrepreneurial education entrepreneurs future of small business small business ownership small business report small businesses Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 cmalmstrom false true false false true 189572 false false true false false false true 149173 blog blogsite/FreedomVoice/web