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2026 State of the Industry Report from Make Startups Institute

11. Appendix D. Downloads and References

This report relies primarily on the SWOT responses. The sources below were used only to triangulate a small number of broader contextual claims about business formation, startup job creation, venture concentration, and financing conditions in 2025-2026.

  1. U.S. Census Bureau. Business Formation Statistics Monthly Data Release: December 2025. January 14, 2026.
  2. U.S. Census Bureau. Startup Firms Created Over 2 Million Jobs in 2015. September 20, 2017.
  3. Haltiwanger, John C., Ron S. Jarmin, and Javier Miranda. Who Creates Jobs? Small vs. Large vs. Young. Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013; originally NBER Working Paper 16300.
  4. National Venture Capital Association and PitchBook. Q4 2025 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. 2026.
  5. Federal Reserve Banks. 2026 Report on Employer Firms: Findings from the 2025 Small Business Credit Survey. March 2026.

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Module Author: Eric Parker
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Category 2026 State of the Industry Report
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Created 2026-03-11 18:01:55
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2026 State of the Industry Report
  1. Executive Summary
  2. SWOT Analysis: Strengths
  3. SWOT Analysis: Weaknesses
  4. SWOT Analysis: Opportunities
  5. SWOT Analysis: Threats
  6. Strategic priorities for ESOs
  7. Conclusion and Additional ESO Insights
  8. Appendix A. Methodology and limitations
  9. Appendix B. Cross-quadrant evidence map
  10. Appendix C. Selected respondent excerpts
  11. Appendix D. Downloads and References
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Appendix C. Selected respondent excerpts