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Q: Do you plan to start your own company in the next 5 years?

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Gender

Male

34% Yes

Female

26% Yes

Ethnicity

% who responded "Yes"

44% of African American/Black employees selected "Yes" when asked "Do you plan to start your own company in the next 5 years?", while only 25% of Caucasian employees chose "Yes".

44%

African American/Black

40%

Native American

37%

Asian or Pacific Islander

35%

Hispanic or Latino

35%

Other

25%

Caucasian

Department

% who responded "Yes"

40% of employees in the Design department selected "Yes" when asked "Do you plan to start your own company in the next 5 years?", while only 22% of employees in the Legal department chose "Yes".

Design 40%

Executive 39%

Business Development 37%

Engineering 34%

Product 33%

Marketing 33%

Sales 28%

Finance 27%

IT 27%

Admin 26%

Communications 26%

Customer Support 24%

Operations 23%

HR 23%

Legal 22%

Age

% who responded "Yes"

39% of employees aged 26-30 selected "Yes" when asked "Do you plan to start your own company in the next 5 years?", while only 16% of employees aged 56-60 chose "Yes".

Education

% who responded "Yes"

38% of employees with a Doctoral or professional education level selected "Yes" when asked "Do you plan to start your own company in the next 5 years?", while only 30% of employees with a Bachelor's education level chose "Yes".

Experience

% who responded "Yes"

33% of employees at their company 3 to 6 Years selected "Yes" when asked "Do you plan to start your own company in the next 5 years?", while only 26% of nullemployees at their company Over 10 Years chose "Yes".

Entry Level

1 to 3 Years

3 to 6 Years

6 to 10 Years

Over 10 Years

Location

% who responded "Yes"

37% of employees in Los Angeles selected "Yes" when asked "Do you plan to start your own company in the next 5 years?", while only 19% of employees in Phoenix chose "Yes".

Los Angeles 37%

New York 36%

Dallas 34%

San Francisco 33%

Houston 32%

Atlanta 32%

Washington, DC 30%

Seattle 29%

San Diego 29%

Denver 28%

Fort Lauderdale, FL 27%

Boston 26%

Chicago 24%

Minneapolis 23%

Phoenix 19%

Gender & Department

% who responded "Yes"

43% of Male employees in the Design department selected "Yes" when asked "Do you plan to start your own company in the next 5 years?", while only 18% of Female employees in the Legal department chose "Yes".

Admin

Male 25%

Female 27%

Business Development

Male 40%

Female 33%

Communications

Male 23%

Female 27%

Customer Support

Male 25%

Female 23%

Design

Male 43%

Female 38%

Engineering

Male 36%

Female 25%

Executive

Male 41%

Female 37%

Finance

Male 34%

Female 20%

Male 28%

Female 21%

Male 30%

Female 20%

Legal

Male 30%

Female 18%

Marketing

Male 40%

Female 26%

Operations

Male 24%

Female 21%

Product

Male 40%

Female 23%

Sales

Male 31%

Female 26%

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