We never quote facts to which we don’t have scientifically-proven statistics. Following are our sources for the facts used in our marketing materials:

• Shane, “The Illusions of Entrepreneurship,” 2008
• Bureau of the Census for the Office of Advocacy for the U.S. Small Business Administration
• R. Fairlie and A. Robb, “Race, Families and Business Success”
• M. Bitler, T. Moskowitz, and A. Vissing-Jorgensen, Journal of Finance 60, no. 2 (2005): 539-76
• Hamilton, “Does Entrepreneurship Pay?” 2000
• Shane and Delmar, “Planning for the Market,” 2004
• Reynolds, “New Firms,” 2005
• Reynolds and White, Small Business Economics, 11, no. 4 (1998): 395-398
• America Online, Survey.com, Success Performance Solutions, 2005
• SBA, "Small Business by the Numbers," June 2004
• SBA, "Small Business Economic Indicators for 2003," August 2004
• IDC, "U.S. Small Business 2005-2009 Forecast," 2005
• IDC, "Web Site Development in U.S. Small Businesses," June 2004
• SBA, "Small Business by the Numbers," June 2004
• Entrepreneur magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers' "2006 Entrepreneurial Challenges Survey"