Interest in entrepreneurship – The high-unemployment environment is generating demand as more individuals who are jobless seek to start their own business. –  Participants in the Morgantown meeting noted that start-ups are being created by retirees, people seeking a second career, and people looking for first or second jobs.
–  At the Phoenix meeting, a number of CDFIs and microlenders reported increased interest in their loan products – one said demand had quadrupled – from people who lost their jobs and are seeking to start a small business.