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Your high school friends may shape whether you become an entrepreneur decades later

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Phys.org reports that a growing number of young Canadians are eyeing self‑employment as youth unemployment remains high. Applications to Futurpreneur, the national organization that finances young Canadian entrepreneurs, jumped fifty percent last quarter, outpacing the fifteen percent growth seen a year earlier. The uptick points to a rising interest in starting businesses among the country’s youth.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-high-school-friends-entrepr...

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