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One in ten adults in the US today has started a business. Australia is not far behind with one in twelve, and Brazil is ahead with one in eight according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (2000). By contrast, the older established countries are less entrepreneurial: for example, Germany (one in 25), the UK (one in 33), Finland and Sweden (one in 50) and Ireland and Japan (fewer than one in 100).