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In this Sept. 2, 2020 file photo, a passer-by walks past a business storefront with a space for rent sign in a window in Boston. Business applications were the highest on record in 2020, up 24% from the previous year. You may be considering joining that trend if you donât want to return to an office or were laid off during the pandemic.
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By AMRITA JAYAKUMAR
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Maybe you’re cringing at the thought of going back to an office. The seed of a business idea floats around in your head between work video calls, after the kids are asleep or while you tend your pandemic garden. Or perhaps you were laid off during the pandemic and forced to work for yourself, and now you’re wondering if you should continue down this path.
“Covid-19 was a social, cultural and emotional shock the likes of which we have not experienced for generations. Becoming an entrepreneur is a deeply personal decision, and the pandemic may have delivered the push for many to embrace it,” according to a February report by the Economic Innovation Group, a Washington-based think tank.
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