I don’t know about you, but most of the entrepreneurs I know are optimistic. I think it comes with the territory. But let’s see if you agree with these survey findings:
According to the first Kauffman/LegalZoom Startup Confidence Index released this month by the Kauffman Foundation:
28 percent of the startup respondents said they plan to hire more staff in 2012.
68 percent of them expect the economy to improve or stay the same; 31 percent expect it to deteriorate.
81 percent are confident or very confident that their businesses will be more profitable in the next 12 months than they are today.
The findings are based on 800 responses to a nationwide survey in January. The Startup Confidence Index is the first in a series of quarterly surveys to gauge entrepreneurial confidence. The next survey will be conducted in April 2012. The complete findings are available at www.kauffman.org/confidenceindex.
Do you think you will be hiring in 2012? Are you confident that the economy will improve?