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Bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs: Now might not be the best time to launch your own business. Total entrepreneurial activity in the U.S.&#8212;measured by the number of people starting and operating new businesses&#8212;fell to 12% in 2015, from 14% in 2014, according to <a href="http://www.gemconsortium.org/report/49560?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=time-small-business-entrepreneurship-is-on-the-decline-5281" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(24, 12, 12, 0.247059)">a report</a> released Tuesday by Babson College. The drop reverses upward growth in <a href="http://time.com/money/topic/small-business-startup-guide/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=time-small-business-entrepreneurship-is-on-the-decline-5281" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(24, 12, 12, 0.247059)">small business activity</a> during the previous four years. The findings could indicate that employees are <a href="http://time.com/money/4398169/jobs-report-june/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=time-small-business-entrepreneurship-is-on-the-decline-5281" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(24, 12, 12, 0.247059)">satisfied with their jobs</a> and unwilling to strike out on their own. But the research could also show a lack of confidence in the small business environment in the wake of the recession, Babson professor Donna Kelley <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/19/us-entrepreneurship-declines-in-2015-reversing-4-years-of-upward-growth.html?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=time-small-business-entrepreneurship-is-on-the-decline-5281" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(24, 12, 12, 0.247059)">told CNBC</a>. The <a href="http://www.nfib.com/surveys/small-business-economic-trends/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=time-small-business-entrepreneurship-is-on-the-decline-5281" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(24, 12, 12, 0.247059)">Small Business Optimism Index</a>, a metric from the National Federation of Independent Business, has remained below its 42-year average since the recession. &#8220;If the general environment is saying that there are few opportunities and the entrepreneurship rate goes down, that all suggests less optimism about entrepreneurship right now,&#8221; Kelley said. <a href="http://time.com/money/4413251/small-business-entrepreneurship-decline/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=time-small-business-entrepreneurship-is-on-the-decline-5281" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Click here to read the original article.</a>

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