7. Dallas, Texas: When you think of Dallas, the first thing that comes to your mind might be Dallas Cowboys or the popular TV show “Dallas” or the airport that might become the America’s second largest by 2022, but no one would ever think of it as a place for entrepreneurship. Dallas also has the presence of tech giants like Microsoft, PepsiCo, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, and it also houses 18 companies from the Fortune 500 companies. Dallas has received good grades in the all domains although their small businesses are not well linked with each other. Most of these small businesses fall into the category of high growth industries and most of them adopt social media for advertising. Dallas also scored high for having a large community with small businesses.

8. Boston, Massachusetts: Boston is one of those places that has a good reputation for its technology but is overshadowed by other cities. Massachusetts is house for big tech companies like Facebook and DropBox and has one of the highest rates of venture capital investments in tech companies. Boston has scored high in all domains except in the field of social media because most of the small businesses do not have a huge social media presence. Thanks to the big universities like MIT and Harvard, Boston is producing young and smart entrepreneurs who are building small businesses across the city.

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