US entrepreneurial circle sentiment generally optimistic: 80% CEO expected revenue growth

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time February 7 morning, the latest survey of Expertceo, a US corporate executive community website, shows that while the US economy is recovering more slowly than expected, the CEO of the venture company is optimistic about the development of the next year, and the CEO, who has gained venture capital support.　　According to Expertceo's survey, about 80.4% of CEOs expect their company's revenues to grow in 2012, with 13.8% expected to be flat and only 5.8% expected to fall in revenue.　　Of the 87 CEOs surveyed, about half (47.1% per cent) expected revenue growth to exceed 20% per cent, and 25.3% per cent expected revenue growth between 10% and 20%. Venture-backed companies are particularly bullish, with 82.8% per cent of the 35 CEOs who have received venture-capital support predicting that their company's revenues will grow in 2012, and only 2.9% are expected to fall.　　The estimated income growth rate of more than 20% is as high as 60%. As incomes grow, the vast majority of venture-backed CEOs expect sales and marketing costs to rise sharply, to a ratio of 61.3%.　　22.6% the cost of research and development is expected to increase significantly. Specific to the recruitment, 55.8% of the CEO expected to increase the number of employees in 2010, 38.4% is expected to remain unchanged, only 5.8% is expected to decrease.　　The figures also reflect the views of CEOs who have been supported by venture capital. The chief executives involved in the survey included companies that had access to venture capital support and CEOs of family-owned companies, as well as listed and non-profit CEOs.　　Respondents are mainly from small and medium-sized enterprises-about 32% of the company's annual income of less than 1 million U.S. dollars, 39% annual income between 1 million to 10 million U.S. dollars, 15% annual income of 10 million to 50 million U.S. dollars, 14% annual income of more than 50 million U.S. dollars. The total number of Expertceo users is about 2400. (PEI)