For the last 20 or so years, workers in Sweden have enjoyed an unusual perk – a statutory right to take six months off and start their own business. The Right to Leave to Conduct a Business Operation Act is one of a series of rights afforded to Swedish employees, allowing them to take time off to study or care for a family member. It’s also one of the reasons the country’s capital, Stockholm, has become Europe’s start-up capital, second only to California’s Silicon Valley for the number of unicorns (billion-dollar tech companies) that it produces per capita.

For the last 20 or so years, workers in Sweden have enjoyed an unusual perk &ndash; a statutory right to <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/02/sweden-gives-all-employees-time-off-to-be-entrepreneurs/%20">take six months off and start their own business</a>. The Right to Leave to Conduct a Business Operation Act is one of a series of rights afforded to Swedish employees, allowing them to take time off to study or care for a family member. It&rsquo;s also one of the reasons the country&rsquo;s capital, Stockholm, has become Europe&rsquo;s start-up capital, second only to California&rsquo;s Silicon Valley for the number of unicorns (billion-dollar tech companies) that it produces per capita.

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