* The BDS data shows a '''marked decline in technology sector firms and employment beginning around 2001''', as was expected for Vermont.
* '''Vermont technology sector employment reached a record low in 2010 and is yet to make a meaningful recovery.'''
* The JobsEQ data has unknown providence and sampling criteria. It shows the number of technology firms at around the same level as the Census data in 2010 but then JobsEQ data shows dramatic growth while the Census data shows a material contraction. The most likely explanation is that the JobsEQ data is not correctly recording establishment exits.
* The Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) was founded in 2005, before the major collapse of Vermont's technology sector between 2006 and 2010.