{"id":241,"date":"2012-01-11T23:14:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T23:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startwp.logomaker.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/where-should-you-start-your-business\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T16:09:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:09:10","slug":"where-should-you-start-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startwp.logomaker.com\/blog\/where-should-you-start-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Should You Start Your Business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/startwp.logomaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/world-globe03-512x512-e1327015366270.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-986\" title=\"Earth Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/startwp.logomaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/world-globe03-512x512-e1327015366270.png\" alt=\"World Logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>According to the World Bank, which ranks the world&#8217;s 183 economies on the ease of doing business, you may be surprised how difficult it is to start a business in the United States of America these days. Or, if you&#8217;ve already tried to start a business in the land of the free, it may not surprise you at all.<\/p>\n<p>While the United States ranks high (#4 overall) for &#8220;ease of doing business&#8221;, it falls all the way to #13 for &#8220;ease in starting a business&#8221;. So where will you fair better?<\/p>\n<p>Try Canada, ranked #3, Australia ranked #2, or New Zealand at #1.<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm. We may have to check out our friends down under.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the USA is still a pretty good place to start your business, just not what it used to be.<\/p>\n<p>Check out all the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doingbusiness.org\/rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"(Opens a new window)\">rankings at doing business.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the World Bank, which ranks the world&#8217;s 183 economies on the ease of doing business, you may be surprised how difficult it is to start a business in the United States of America these days. 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