{"id":9859,"date":"2019-10-15T09:30:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brainstation.io\/?p=9859"},"modified":"2020-05-07T12:49:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T16:49:50","slug":"the-best-states-to-start-a-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/blog\/the-best-states-to-start-a-business","title":{"rendered":"The Best States to Start a Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve talked about how New York may be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/blog\/why-new-york-is-poised-to-surpass-silicon-valley\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">poised to surpass Silicon Valley<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and how Boston is experiencing a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/blog\/what-bostons-bioboom-means-for-the-city\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">boom in the biotech industry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but we wanted to take a closer look at the growth of job markets on a state level. Are there larger regional trends that can help us pinpoint where the greatest career opportunities may exist?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To find out, we looked at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/bdm\/bdmstate.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and tracked the net amount of new businesses opened in every state over the last ten years. What we found was both expected and surprising in equal measures.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the states that saw the largest net amount of new businesses in the last ten years.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Dakota<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Massachusetts&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is how the overall map looked:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9860 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BSTN-Infographic-Net_Open_Businesses-e1570815232901.png\" alt=\"map of USA showing net amount of businesses opened\" width=\"1000\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2re7sjnpekmig.cloudfront.net\/prod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BSTN-Infographic-Net_Open_Businesses-e1570815232901.png 1000w, https:\/\/d2re7sjnpekmig.cloudfront.net\/prod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BSTN-Infographic-Net_Open_Businesses-e1570815232901-300x280.png 300w, https:\/\/d2re7sjnpekmig.cloudfront.net\/prod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BSTN-Infographic-Net_Open_Businesses-e1570815232901-768x716.png 768w, https:\/\/d2re7sjnpekmig.cloudfront.net\/prod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BSTN-Infographic-Net_Open_Businesses-e1570815232901-960x895.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s take a look at some of the more surprising states to make the list, starting with:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The Growth of the Utah Job Sector<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps most surprising about our findings were Utah and North Dakota ending up on the top five list. We\u2019ll get to North Dakota later, but first, let\u2019s take a look at what could be leading to Utah\u2019s sudden entrepreneurial boom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In short, Utah is on fire, relatively speaking. According to a report from Wells Fargo, the state\u2019s economy is among the fastest-growing in the nation, which may be encouraging would-be entrepreneurs and investors alike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s doing well for all the reasons you&#8217;d want to see an economy do well \u2014 mainly a fast-growing labor force [that] is very well-educated and young,&#8221; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/2019\/3\/28\/20669517\/utah-economy-among-the-fastest-growing-in-u-s-here-s-why\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Wells Fargo Economist Charlie Dougherty, adding that the economy is also among the most diverse in the nation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wells Fargo\u2019s report points to the development of new sectors like cloud computing, big data, and software development, as well as the growth of aerospace and life sciences as reasons for the state\u2019s positive economic outlook. The numbers back this up. The growth in the number of tech jobs in the state has grown 4.9 percent over the last 10 years, which is more than triple the tech job growth rate of the United States as a whole.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, Utah enjoyed the nation\u2019s fastest job growth over the past 12 months, but according to federal data, it was actually the construction industry that led the way, expanding by 6.2 percent.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s worth noting that while Utah led the country in job growth by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percentage<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the states with the biggest increase in the number of new jobs were actually Texas (350,000), California (269,100), and Florida (170,500).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Boston\u2019s BioBoom Fuels Job Growth&nbsp;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Massachusetts&#8217; appearance on the top five list makes sense given the growth of the region\u2019s biotech sector. The Boston area alone has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.massbio.org\/about\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more than 1,100<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> biotech and biopharma companies, academic centers, and life-science organizations, making it a world leader in this area. In fact, on FierceBiotech\u2019s Fierce 15 list of the world\u2019s most promising biotech companies, six of the 15 companies highlighted were based in the Boston area:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arrakis Therapeutics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beam Therapeutics&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jnana Therapeutics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kronos Bio<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pandion Therapeutics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compass Therapeutics<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jobs in the biotech industry grew by 28 percent from 2008 to 2017, and by 4.3 percent in that final year alone. There are now more than 70,000 people employed in the industry in the state, averaging an annual wage of $149,731. If you\u2019re doing the math, that means the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/blog\/what-bostons-bioboom-means-for-the-city\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Massachusetts biotech workforce<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is bringing home just over $10.4 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, venture investment in the state\u2019s biopharma companies was $3.1 billion in 2017. This is a staggering number when you consider that these Massachusets companies received 37 percent of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biopharma VC dollars invested in the US that year. And while significant investment in the field comes from outside the state, there are well-established, local venture capital firms that specialize in the sector. F-Prime Capital, for example, was among the first VC companies to focus on biopharmaceuticals, medtech, and healthcare IT services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston\u2019s, and Massachusetts\u2019, growth as a worldwide biotech hub has actually created a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/blog\/demand-for-talent-rising-amid-bostons-tech-industry-growth\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">talent shortage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, especially when it comes to tech-related jobs. The State of the Tech Economy report found that nearly 10,000 new tech jobs were added in Massachusetts in the previous year. A follow-up report, the Massachusetts Tech Pulse Index, meanwhile, found that 70 percent of tech employers expected to increase employment over the following six month<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ve had a long career in human resources and watched a lot of (hiring) cycles,\u201d Russ Campanello, Executive Vice President of Human Resources at iRobot, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/business\/2016\/02\/19\/the-war-for-tech-talent-escalates\/ejUSbuPCjPLCMRYlRZIKoJ\/story.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">told<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Boston Globe, \u201cand this is as intense as any of them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>North Dakota Rides the Crude Oil Boom<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Dakota may be another unexpected name on the top five list, but it\u2019s not that surprising when you take a closer look. For one thing, North Dakota is riding an unprecedented oil boom. In fact, the U.S. is now producing more crude oil than any other country, and the state is playing a large role in that. Overall, North Dakota is the number two oil state in the US (behind Texas) and is now setting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/LeafHandler.ashx?f=M&amp;n=PET&amp;s=MCRFPND1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">production records<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The increase in oil production has had a clear impact on communities (and business creation) across the state. NPR recently focused on Watford City, which has seen its population more than tripled in the past decade, from 1,790 to 6,523.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Our town is booming, our main street is full. You don&#8217;t go through little towns and see every storefront have a business in it. We do,&#8221; one resident <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/11\/23\/669198912\/after-struggles-north-dakota-grows-into-its-ongoing-oil-boom\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">told NPR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in North Dakota is now at 2.6 percent, which is lower than the national average. The state\u2019s population is also rising. In fact, of the 3,142 counties in America, there is only one that has grown by over 50 percent in the last eight years, and that county is Williams County, North Dakota, which grew 57.8 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That isn\u2019t to say that North Dakota\u2019s growing job market and population are exclusively related to oil. Inc. magazine recently included <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/inc5000\/2019\/top-private-companies-2019-inc5000.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nine North Dakota companies on its Inc. 5000 list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which highlights the nation&#8217;s fastest-growing companies.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These were the ND companies that made the list, along with their industry and growth rates:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CoSchedule, Bismarck, software,&nbsp; 2,771 percent<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haga Kommer, Fargo, financial services, 1,482 percent<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PRx Performance, Fargo, retail, 742 percent<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BNG Team, West Fargo, business products and services, 148 percent<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discovery Benefits, Fargo, health, 119 percent<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hatch Realty, Fargo, real estate, 119 percent<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myriad Mobile, Fargo, software, 80 percent<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thomsen Homes, Fargo, construction, 74 percent<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pedigree Technologies, Fargo, software, 57 percent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there\u2019s anything this list makes clear, it\u2019s that the state\u2019s economy is diversifying, with software and tech playing a much more prominent role, all of which bodes well for the future.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay tuned over the next few weeks as we take a closer look at each of the states listed here, particularly with regard to the growth of tech jobs.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We tracked the net amount of new businesses opened in every state over the last ten years. 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