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Policy makers love young high growth companies for their job creating capabilities. However, they are often quite naïve about how rare these companies actually are.

According to the Organization of Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) publication, Entrepreneurship at a Glance 2011, less than one percent of companies with ten or more employees are gazelles – employers that have been in operation for no more than five years with ten or more employees that increase employment by 20 percent per year or more for three years.

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