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Tennessee

Tennessee

Franklin

Population: 50,559
Labor force: 28,280
Startups per 1,000 people: 4.49
Small business per 1,000 people: 46

What to know about starting up in Franklin:
"It's a very vibrant, growing community with a good education system and with people who are very attuned to the importance of quality of life, family time, and balancing that with careers and business. Once you identified a top candidate and bring them here, any negative perception that they may have had about coming to a small town in Tennessee is really overcome once they're here and they see the community and they get the feel for the quality of life."
-Sam Lynch, founder and CEO, biotech development company BioMimetic Therapeutics