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Starting a Business
Looking into the boom
Updated: 2023.03.13
3 min read · Intermediate
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Starting a Business

As the Great Resignation was underway, many economists and market analysts wondered where all of those employees would go, especially since many companies initiated hiring freezes or planned mass layoffs. While people left their jobs for various reasons, recent data from the US Census Bureau tells us where many of them went: their own businesses.

In 2022 in the US, over five million new business applications were filed [1]. In 2021, some 5.4 million applications were sent out, while in 2020, 4.3 million new businesses opened their doors. This is a remarkable streak [2], especially considering that the US had been experiencing a 40-year decline in entrepreneurship before 2020.

It’s taken over two years to realize, but the pandemic created enormous economic opportunity even as it crushed others. New business owners used the pandemic lockdowns to educate themselves on running a business, while others realized how vulnerable [3] their jobs were when they worked for someone else. Stimulus payments from the government also provided some of the necessary capital businesses needed to get off the ground.

Plus, looking around their homes, it seems that many entrepreneurs sought to fill the needs in their lives through business: the computer and informational technologies, retail, and personal care services industries saw the greatest percentage of new businesses. How new businesses operate is split almost between in-person, e-commerce, and a mix of the two. No doubt that the time spent indoors and online helped people master the transfer of goods online.

While many of these businesses will fail, the current moment is a rather good time to flex those entrepreneurial muscles. Many big corporations accelerated the move towards automation and offshoring because of the pandemic, which will put many people out of work and leave customers looking for businesses with a unique, personal touch that big businesses can’t necessarily replicate [4].

As we can see, the pandemic’s effects are continuing to manifest in surprising ways. If you have a good business idea, maybe this time is right for you to test it out.

내 사업 시작하기

‘퇴직 대란’ 현상이 나타나면서 많은 경제학자들과 시장 분석가들은 직장을 떠난 사람들이 다 어디로 가는지를 궁금해 했습니다. 특히 많은 회사들이 신규 채용을 동결하거나 대규모 해직을 계획했기 때문입니다. 사람들은 여러 다양한 이유로 직장을 떠나지만 미국 인구청의 최근 통계를 보면 많은 이들이 어디로 갔는지 알 수 있습니다. 바로 자기 사업을 시작한 것입니다.

2022년 미국에서는 500만 개가 넘는 신규 사업 신청서가 접수되었습니다. 2021년 이 신청 건수는 약 540만 건이었고, 2020년에는 430만 사업체가 새로 문을 열었습니다. 이것은 놀랄 만큼 지속적인 현상으로 특히 2020년 이전 미국은 약 40년간 창업면에서 감소세를 보여왔음을 고려하면 더욱 그렇습니다.

2년이 지난 다음에야 알게된 것이지만, 팬데믹은 많은 경제적 기회들을 무너뜨렸지만 반면 엄청난 기회를 창출하기도 했습니다. 새로 사업을 시작한 사업가들은 팬데믹 시기를 이용해 사업 운영에 대해 공부를 한 반면, 어떤 사람들은 남을 위해 일을 할 때 그 일자리가 얼마나 불안정한가를 깨닫게 되었습니다. 경기 부양을 위해 풀린 정부 보조금은 또한 사업 시작에 필요한 기본 자금 마련에 도움이 되었습니다.

그에 더해 많은 창업가들은 자기 집을 둘러보면서 사업을 통해 자기 생활에서 필요하다고 여기는 부분을 채우려고 시도한 듯합니다. 신규 사업에서 가장 큰 비중을 차지하고 있는 분야는 컴퓨터와 정보 기술, 소매, 그리고 개인용품 서비스 분야이기 때문입니다. 새 사업들의 운영방식을 보면 대면 방식, 온라인, 그리고 두 가지를 혼합한 방식이 거의 비슷하게 분포하고 있습니다. 실내에서 그리고 온라인에서 보내는 시간들 덕분에 사람들은 온라인 상의 상품거래법을 완전히 터득하게 된 것은 분명합니다.

이들 중 많은 사업들이 실패로 끝나기도 했지만 현재 상황은 그러한 사업 수완을 뽐내기에 좋은 때입니다. 많은 대형 기업들이 팬데믹으로 인해 자동화와 해외로의 방향 전환을 가속화하고 있는데, 팬데믹은 많은 사람들이 일자리를 잃게 만들고 소비자들로 하여금 큰 기업들이 따라할 수 없는 독특하고 개인적인 요소를 지닌 업체를 찾게 만들 것입니다.

이렇게 팬데믹은 계속해서 놀라운 방법으로 그 영향을 드러냅니다. 만약 여러분이 좋은 사업 아이디어를 가지고 있다면 지금이 그것을 시험해 보기에 적합한 때일지도 모릅니다.

Discussion Questions
Q1
In your own words, please briefly summarize the article.
여러분의 언어로 교재를 간단히 요약해 주세요.
Q2
What part of the reading resonated with you most?
이번 교재에서 가장 공감하는 내용은 무엇인가요?
Q3
Do you find it surprising that the pandemic inspired so many people to start new businesses? Why or why not?
팬데믹으로 인해 많은 사람이 새로운 비즈니스를 시작하게 되었다는 사실이 놀랍다고 생각하시나요? 왜 그렇나요, 아니면 왜 그렇지 않나요?
Q4
Why do you think the computer and informational technologies, retail, and personal care services industries saw the most new businesses?
컴퓨터 및 정보 기술, 소매업, 개인 관리 서비스 산업에서 가장 많은 신규 비즈니스가 생겨난 이유는 무엇이라고 생각하시나요?
Q5
Do you have your own business, or have you ever started (or thought about starting) one? What kind of services does/would your business provide?
자신의 사업을 운영하고 있거나 사업을 시작했거나 시작하려고 생각한 적이 있나요? 귀하의 사업은 어떤 종류의 서비스를 제공하거나 제공할 예정인가요?
Q6
How does working for someone else versus running your own business differ?
다른 사람을 위해 일하는 것과 자신의 비즈니스를 운영하는 것은 어떻게 다른가요?
Q7
What kind of capabilities do you think one needs to start a business? Do you think they can be learned while working for a company?
비즈니스를 시작하려면 어떤 역량이 필요하다고 생각하시나요? 회사에서 일하면서 이러한 역량을 배울 수 있다고 생각하시나요?
Q8
If you were to start your own business, what kind business would it be?
자신의 사업을 시작한다면 어떤 종류의 사업을 하시겠습니까?
Q9
If you have a question or questions that you'd like to discuss during your class, please write them down.
궁금한 점이 있거나 수업 중에 얘기해 보고 싶은 질문이 있으면 적어주세요.
Expressions
file
submit (a legal document, application, or charge) to be placed on record by the appropriate authority
例文
1

After applications are filed, it will take six weeks for them to be approved.

例文
2

Charges were officially filed at the superior court this morning.

streak
a continuous period of specified success or luck, and sometimes failure
例文
1

The team is on a winning streak.

例文
2

I split my last four bowling shots; I’m on a bad streak.

vulnerable
susceptible to attack or harm
例文
1

The army was in a vulnerable position.

例文
2

New management has said that all positions should be considered vulnerable as they consider layoffs.

replicate
repeat to obtain a consistent result
例文
1

The study’s findings have been replicated by three other teams.

例文
2

We’ve had no luck replicating our competitor’s success.

본 교재는 당사 편집진이 제작하는 링글의 자산으로 저작권법에 의해 보호됩니다. 링글 플랫폼 외에서 자료를 활용하시는 경우 당사와 사전 협의가 필요합니다.

As the Great Resignation was underway, many economists and market analysts wondered where all of those employees would go, especially since many companies initiated hiring freezes or planned mass layoffs. While people left their jobs for various reasons, recent data from the US Census Bureau tells us where many of them went: their own businesses.

In 2022 in the US, over five million new business applications were filed [1]. In 2021, some 5.4 million applications were sent out, while in 2020, 4.3 million new businesses opened their doors. This is a remarkable streak [2], especially considering that the US had been experiencing a 40-year decline in entrepreneurship before 2020.

It’s taken over two years to realize, but the pandemic created enormous economic opportunity even as it crushed others. New business owners used the pandemic lockdowns to educate themselves on running a business, while others realized how vulnerable [3] their jobs were when they worked for someone else. Stimulus payments from the government also provided some of the necessary capital businesses needed to get off the ground.

Plus, looking around their homes, it seems that many entrepreneurs sought to fill the needs in their lives through business: the computer and informational technologies, retail, and personal care services industries saw the greatest percentage of new businesses. How new businesses operate is split almost between in-person, e-commerce, and a mix of the two. No doubt that the time spent indoors and online helped people master the transfer of goods online.

While many of these businesses will fail, the current moment is a rather good time to flex those entrepreneurial muscles. Many big corporations accelerated the move towards automation and offshoring because of the pandemic, which will put many people out of work and leave customers looking for businesses with a unique, personal touch that big businesses can’t necessarily replicate [4].

As we can see, the pandemic’s effects are continuing to manifest in surprising ways. If you have a good business idea, maybe this time is right for you to test it out.

*本教材は、Ringleを使用して英語を学ぶ学習者向けに設計されています。