Wisconsin is last in the nation in entrepreneurship overall, according to a survey by the nonprofit Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
The Kauffman Index: Startup Activity pegs Wisconsin as No. 50 among the 50 states — a drop from 45th place in 2014.
The study looks at the rate of new entrepreneurs for every 100,000 adults; the opportunity share of new entrepreneurs, which considers what percentage of them started a business based on opportunity versus financial need; and the number of startups per 100,000 people.
