NH Friendly to Entrepreneurs?

NH Business Review has an article today about a study looking at the friendliness of each state toward business startups:

The 2006 SBEC Small Business Survival Index found New Hampshire’s public policy environment to rank 18th when it comes to being an entrepreneur-friendly state. The state’s tax policy was ranked 20th, and its energy costs were ranked 47th.

South Dakota, Nevada and Wyoming were listed as the three most entrepreneur-friendly, while Washington, D.C., New Jersey and California were listed as the least friendly to entrepreneurs.

New Hampshire fared the best of all New England states on the comprehensive list, which had Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island ranked at No. 42, 43, 47 and 48, respectively. Connecticut was ranked 32nd.