Hello entrepreneurs (and everyone else)! Have you cut ties with working for Corporate America and started up your own business? I applaud you, am pulling for you, and wish you so so much luck – you can do this! You’ll have a greater chance of success (or so it would seem) if you’re living in one of the 20 Best States to Start a Business In Right Now. Forbes Advisor crunched the numbers, looking at factors such as business costs, business climate, economy, workforce and financial accessibility in each state to give it an overall score out of 100. Then they spit out the following Top 20 – and yes – 3 New England states made the cut! Let’s take a peek:

#1 - THE Best State to Start a Business In Right Now
INDIANA

Overall score out of 100: 100
#2
COLORADO

Overall score out of 100: 98
#3
NORTH DAKOTA

Overall score out of 100: 96
#4
PENNSYLVANIA

Overall score out of 100: 94
#5
SOUTH DAKOTA

Overall score out of 100: 92
#6
NORTH CAROLINA

Overall score out of 100: 90
#7
MONTANA

Overall score out of 100: 88
#8
ILLINOIS

Overall score out of 100: 86
#9
OHIO

Overall score out of 100: 84
#10
DELAWARE

Overall score out of 100: 82
#11
CONNECTICUT

Overall score out of 100: 80
#12
CALIFORNIA

Overall score out of 100: 78
#13
M A S S A C H U S E T T S !

Overall score out of 100: 76
#14
NEW HAMPSHIRE

Overall score out of 100: 74
#15
MISSOURI

Overall score out of 100: 71
#16
MISSISSIPPI

Overall score out of 100: 69
#17
HAWAII

Overall score out of 100: 67
#18
VIRGINIA

Overall score out of 100: 65
#19
SOUTH CAROLINA

Overall score out of 100: 63
#20
WISCONSIN

Overall score out of 100: 61
#21
UTAH
#22
IDAHO
#23
RHODE ISLAND
#24
WEST VIRGINIA
#25
WASHINGTON
#26
ALABAMA
#27
NEW JERSEY
#28
ARIZONA
#29
ARKANSAS
#30
GEORGIA
#31
ALASKA
#32
NEBRASKA
#33
MINNESOTA
#34
TEXAS
#35
IOWA
#36
WYOMING
#37
LOUISIANA
#38
MAINE
#39
MARYLAND
#40
TENNESSEE
#41
KANSAS
#42
OKLAHOMA
#43
KENTUCKY
#44
NEVADA
#45
FLORIDA
#46
OREGON
#47
MICHIGAN
#48
VERMONT
#49
NEW MEXICO
#50 - THE Worst State to Start a Business In Right Now
NEW YORK

Overall score out of 100: 0 – yes, that’s a big fat ZERO. Ouch.

Dave and Chuck the Freak

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