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If you have an entrepreneurial mind, the Lone Star State is a great place to be. Texas is the country's No. 2 state to start a business, according to WalletHub, a personal-finance website. North Dakota ranked first; Utah ranked third.
In the study, WalletHub'sbranalysts compared the 50 states across three key dimensions: business environment, access to resources and business costs.
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