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Forbes reports The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor U.S. Report found that 43% of Americans believe there are good opportunities for entrepreneurship, and that between 2008 and 2012, 56% of American adults believed believe they had have the capability to start a business. [http://www.babson.edu/news-events/babson-news/PublishingImages/babson-gem-info-graphic-692.png] These high confidence levels show It's clear that the American perception of entrepreneurship and innovation as being higher than in many innovation-driven economiesis a positive one; Americans believe not only that there are good opportunities for starting a business, but also that they have the capabilities to start one themselves. [http://www.forbes.com/sites/elainepofeldt/2013/05/27/u-s-entrepreneurship-hits-record-high/#7144d97d73aa] It's clear that Americans believe there are good opportunities for starting But recent trends tell a more sinister story. Many studies report sustained declines in entrepreneurship and business dynamism across the U.S. economy. [http://www.kauffman.org/~/media/kauffman_org/research%20reports%20and%20covers/2014/02/declining_business_dynamism_in_us_high_tech_sector.pdf%20Kauffman] Though many Americans view the high-tech sector as the pinnacle of entrepreneurship and innovation, the Kauffman Foundation found the recently documented secular declines in business dynamism that they have occurred broadly across the capabilities to start a businessU.S. But economy over the past two decades also occurred in the high-tech sector in thepost-2000 period. [http://www.kauffman.org/~/media/kauffman_org/research%20reports%20and%20covers/2014/02/declining_business_dynamism_in_us_high_tech_sector.pdf%20Kauffman]