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According to Eurostat, 30% of employment in the European Union is concentrated in micro companies -less of 10 workers-, a figure that in countries such as Sweden is 22,4% and in Spain goes to 41%. The problem of this kind of SMEs or small entrepreneurs is their sustainability and therefore, employability. According to the same stats, the survival of this kind of small businesses in the first five years does not reach an average of 50%, with figures which go from 48% in France to 54% in Italy, 58% in the United Kingdom or 61% in Spain. (In Sweden 76% survive the first 3 years)... These data are reinforced internationally, with recent studies of Bloomberg, which sets that 80% of entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within the first 18 months. On the other hand, the survival of companies with at least 10 workers are considerably higher, with 20 points plus in Spain, 19 in Germany, 6 in France, 3 in UK and 1,2 in Italy.