One day you decide that you have had it with your current job and that you are going to go into business for yourself. You would certainly be far from alone in those sentiments. From 2003-2007, between 610,000-645,000 new employer firms have started, and since the start of the decade the number of new non-employer businesses has increased by approximately 5.6 million according to the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Census Bureau (quick note: it really doesn’t help much that the numbers aren’t as current as many would like, but I don’t think the cost of such research on a timely basis on the taxpayers’ dime wouldn’t go over so well). Those numbers do seem a bit large, but the truth is that according to research: