New business formation was up by a lot last year – in July, the number of new, high-propensity business applications surged to nearly 40,000. The country hasn’t seen anything like it since before the Great Recession of the late 2000s, based on closely watched U.S. tax data. It’s one of the most hopeful things to come out of a very challenging year.

Read more here: https://www.startribune.com/imagine-this-year-of-pandemic-turned-out-to-be-a-blockbuster-for-business-startups/600006020/