New Index, Radly Bates Index, Indicates a Fall in Entrepreneurial Activity the

United States in July 2017

San Francisco, CA, September 01, 2017 --(PR.com)-- The founders of S7 Group, a private investment
company based in California, Adam Radly and Bob Bates have launched a new index designed to track
entrepreneurial activity in the United States.

The Radly Bates Index (RBI) measures the percentage of the active workforce that is self employed.
The Index will updated monthly at the same time as the monthly jobs data is released and is based on data
from the US Bureau Of Labor Statistics.

In 2017, self employment peaked at 9.58% in February and has been declining ever since. In July there
were 14.9 million self employed Americans and 160.5 million employed Americans resulting in a self
employed percentage of 9.31% for July, hence the RBI for July is 9.31.

Adam Radly said The monthly jobs data attract a lot of attention for obvious reasons but jobs are created
a by businesses. In order for jobs to created businesses need to grow or increase in number or both. The
Index allows us to measure the 'entrepreneurial sentiment' among people that have a choice between
employment and self employment.

Adam Radly said I think we can interpret the percentage of Americans that want to be self employed as
an indicator of 'small business confidence.' People won't leave their secure jobs to risk everything in a
startup unless they have confidence in the economy and the specific circumstances of their industry.

The RBI will also provide a mechanism for monitoring self employment rates as we transition from
regular work into the new gig economy. Theoretically, the gig economy should result in an increase in
self employment rates but the dip in self employment during 2017 (and a healthy economy) indicates that
there must be more people than ever that are working a regular job while earning extra income from gigs
on the side. As an organization that invests capital and raises capital for small business, the thing we are
most interested in, is whether the gigs on the side grow into real businesses that employ other people and
need growth capital, said Bob Bates.

The failure rate of new businesses has always been very high. There would obviously be many more jobs
created if the failure rate was reduced. Adam Radly said This failure rate is so important to the economy
that there should be a government agency whose sole focus is small business success. Some people will
point to the SBA but the SBA is mostly focused on facilitating debt funding from banks for a limited
cross section of small businesses.

The RBI will be updated in September when the August jobs data is released.

About Radly Bates Index

The Radly Bates Index (RBI) is part of the S7 Group, a private investment company that invests in
small businesses directly and also raises capital for small businesses. More information about the RBI can

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be found at https://radlybatesindex.com/ and more information about S7 Group can be found
www.s7group.com. Adam Radly and Bob Bates can be available for comment through this email address:
media@s7group.com.

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S7 Group
Bob Bates
778-371-3479
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s7group.com

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