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Re:Survey shows surprise decline in US startups run by young... by iansane on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @05:40AM (#8849789)
there are situations where percentage is misleading.

10% of people start a startup today, 5% 5 years ago.

20% of young people start today , 30% 5 years ago.

chance of a young person starting today? 2%, 5 years ago? 1.5% . therefore young people are more likely to start a startup today than 5 years ago

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Re:Survey shows surprise decline in US startups run by young... by samastur on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @07:32AM (#8850122)
To clarify I think what you meant in your example is that 20% of those who start today are young while there were 30% of the same cohort 5 years ago.
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