Roughly 7% of workers in the U.S today are self-employed. This is the story of two people who lost their jobs and created their own job to continue making money. Many say they landed in this position due to unexpected financial hardships. Starting a business, on average, has a 20% failure rate within the first year.
I guess this is a more positive side to unemployment, sometimes people just need the opportunity to go out and start their own ideas. On the one hand it was surprising to see that amount of people who are self-employed was only 7%, I thought it might be higher.
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