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Fortune's Best Places to Launch a Small Business

According to Fortune Small Business (found at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/), the following "Top large places" rank high for starting a small business:

  1. Oklahoma City, OK
  2. Pittsburgh, PA
  3. Raleigh, NC
  4. Houston, TX
  5. Hartford, CT
  6. Washington, D.C.
  7. Charlotte, NC
  8. Austin, TX
  9. New York City, NY
  10. Baltimore, MD

Also, check out this: "The Best Places to Launch" small business startups. This CNNMoney.com section provides information about the cities and areas that provide entrepreneurs with the features they need to succeed such as:

  • Growing economies
  • Talented worker pools
  • Affordable workers
  • Stable housing markets
  • Low crime rates

Finally, although small business loans have been hard to come by during this recession, "Lending hot spots" provides data about banks that have been making loans through the SBA's small business loan program in 2009. 
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