40% of California's small businesses died in the last two years
I just tried to look at the tweet to see where this data's coming from, but "[...] quoth the server: '404'".<p>But really, <i>forty percent!?</i> For a statistical study that's an unusually convenient/round number, and for a state with the population of California, the chances of that statistic being accurate for any measurement methodology are astronomically small. Sure the dude could've been rounding it, which is totally fine of course, but I also question the validity of that statement because that's nearly half the entire small business segment for the most populous state in the nation!<p>And that just doesn't sound right, fundamentally. It's possible, sure, but c'mon, <i>really</i>? Near <i>half</i>?! I don't buy it, not without data from well-respected sources to back it up.<p>So I go to click the link, only to find it no longer exists. Which further casts doubt on this statement.<p>(18 hours after tweet linked on HN is when I checked Twitter; or in my world, "just now".)