Order of Sibling Birth Unrelated to Entrepreneurship Path
By JJ Thomas • Nov 26th, 2007 • Category: Small Business NewsA recent survey of small business owners conducted by online payroll service SurePayroll reveals that oldest, middle, youngest and only children are equally likely to have entrepreneurial aspirations.
The survey found that the career paths of an entrepreneur’s parents – not birth order – may impact his or her decision to start a business.
38 percent of respondents were oldest or only children, followed closely by youngest children at 34 percent and middle children at 28 percent. The closeness of the numbers suggests that a sibling’s birth order has little or no effect on the likelihood of becoming a business owner.
While birth order is insignificant in creating entrepreneurs, growing up in an environment that includes at least one entrepreneur parent could play an important role in achieving success as a small business owner.
60 percent of the small business owners who participated in the survey said that second-generation entrepreneurs are more likely to be successful than first-generation entrepreneurs.
JJ Thomas is the founder and chief promoter and contributor for BirminghamSmallBusiness.com. JJ has a passion for entrepreneurship and enjoys helping fellow aspiring and practicing entrepreneurs. JJ has also founded other related business ventures, such as Entrevisor (providing entrepreneur advisory services) LOLO Rewards (coalition loyalty and rewards program for locally owned, independent businesses), The Entrecyclopedia (the Entrepreneur's Encyclopedia of useful information) and EntrePulse (a weekly roundup of practical info for aspiring and entrepreneurs).
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