
California Ranks Tops for Entrepreneurs, Startups
California is the most fertile ground to start and grow a company. Business.org’s ranking of the Best Cities for Entrepreneurs and Start-ups in 2018 reveals six California cities made the list.
California’s booming tech industry and young, educated population fueled the Golden State’s success. San Francisco claimed the top spot in the national rankings, followed by Austin and Minneapolis.
Analysts studied more than 300 North American cities and ranked each according to their start-up friendliness, as well as financial environments and demographic cultures. From there, data was compared for the 40 largest MSA’s, including data from the Kauffman Index’s 2017 Growth Entrepreneurship report.
The other California cities included:
No. 4: San Jose
No. 19: San Diego
No. 29: Los Angeles
No. 36: Sacramento
No. 40: Riverside
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