Some Hoosiers creating their own jobs

Updated: Wednesday, 22 Jul 2009, 10:14 AM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 21 Jul 2009, 6:17 PM EDT

• Deanna Dewberry
• Edited by Hyacinth Williams

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – In this economic climate some are deciding to launch their own business rather than try to find work in an uncertain corporate climate.

It’s not easy. According to the small business administration, 69% of small businesses fail within seven years. But hundreds of Hoosiers hope to beat the odds.

24-Hour News 8’s anchor Deanna Dewberry talked too many of them Tuesday at the Indiana Small Business Fair .