[wideminded]

2. In 2011, the state of California ranked 50th out of all 50 states in new business creation.

From the 2011 Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity:

"The states with the highest rates of entrepreneurial activity were Arizona (520 per 100,000 adults), Texas (440 per 100,000 adults), California (440 per 100,000 adults), Colorado (420 per 100,000 adults), and Alaska (410 per 100,000 adults). The states with the lowest rates of entrepreneurial activity were West Virginia (150 per 100,000 adults), Pennsylvania (160 per 100,000 adults), Hawaii (180 per 100,000 adults), Illinois (200 per 100,000 adults), Indiana (200 per 100,000 adults), and Virginia (200 per 100,000 adults)."

[Nifster]

that just means that california has a lot of venture capitalists spending money out here....you know on great things like Solyndra and high speed rail to bakersfield

[SeeSharp]

"The states with the highest rates of entrepreneurial activity were... California (440 per 100,000 adults)

My guess is one of those surveys counts pot farming and one doesn't.