 There's an unseen driving force in the economy that's been hidden for a very long time and that's Ventures. In the US alone it's estimated there are over 40 million Ventures. They are the mom and pop shop that makes donuts. They are the online retailer and as widespread as they are they often haven't been considered as a key part of driving economic health but what we found is that their impact is really significant. The first thing that we found is that communities that have more Ventures would see higher gains in income growth. If there was one additional highly active venture that county on average would see an 11% growth in annual household medium income so that is the equivalent of $408 for each household. Ventures play a key role in recession recovery. We found that communities that have more Ventures have recovered faster and more fully from the great recession of 2008 and so in economic downturns Ventures really helped communities in really tough times. The first surprising finding was that Ventures are directly associated with helping drop unemployment rates. This effect held through COVID-19 communities when they had more Ventures would start seeing a decline in low-income job loss so Ventures helped buffer and mitigate against the effects of COVID-19. We think it's so important to support the same Ventures that support us in our communities so with that all of our data and insights are publicly available and we want to arm policymakers so that they can make the decisions and help these Ventures in their communities take more root and thrive further.