GoDaddy calls them the bookends of the new entrepreneurism:millennials and baby boomers.

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The website host company delved in to the world of the buddingentrepreneur by collecting data from nearly 8,000 individualsworldwide. It asked if they are leaning towards starting their ownbusiness or going the self-employment route, and, if so, whichareas appeal to them and what factors are driving their decision tojump into the self-employed/start-up waters.

Overall, 36 percent say they planned to do one or the otherwithin the next decade. Half of millennials say they intend tosatisfy the entrepreneurial itch, and almost a quarter of theseyoung folks say the business they are currently running was startedwhile they were in school.

“That makes them six times more likely to pursueentrepreneurship as a career than their baby boomer counterpartswere in the 1960s and 1970s,” GoDaddy said in a release.

The boomers remain at the other end of the entrepreneurialspectrum: just 21 percent plan to go it on their own within thenext 10 years. (Of course, most of them will be well beyondretirement age by then.)

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Gen Xers are in the middle, with 38 percent reporting they willeither start a business or be self-employed within a decade.

Driven by flexibility

When asked to rate the factors behind the decision, 41 percentof all respondents cite a more flexible schedule and life, faroutpacing the next two factors: more money and no boss to worryabout, both clocking in at 17 percent.

Among U.S. respondents, flexibility ranks even higher amongthose who have already made the choice to enter the gig/sharingeconomy. Seven of 10 selected flexibility as the main driver, with3 in 10 ranking money as the top factor.

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Other highlights of the survey include:

• 36 percent of professionals plan to either start a smallbusiness or be self-employed over the next 10 years.

• Another 10 percent say they plan to start a business whileworking their current job.

• 13 percent of millennials say they were laid off because of newtechnologies, and 36 percent of millennials say the introduction ofnew technologies reduced their work hours.

• 7 percent of Baby Boomers say they were laid off because of newtechnologies, while 25 percent say the introduction of newtechnologies reduced their work hours.

• 40 percent of millennials cite Facebook founder Mark Zuckerbergas their role model for becoming entrepreneurs — topping theirparents as role models for work by 10 percent. Overall, Americanrespondents selected parents (39 percent) ahead of Zuckerberg (27percent).

• 59 percent of current entrepreneurs say they would try again iftheir current venture fails. They say grit and determination (76percent) are more important than having a great idea (53percent).

The survey indicates that in the U.S. alone, some 80 millionpeople plan to join the ranks of the self-employed or will found abusiness.

“We're entering a Golden Age for entrepreneurs across the world.The combination of accessible technology, cultural acceptance ofstartups, and the desire for more flexibility in our lives, iscausing people to pursue their true career passions at a rate neverseen before in history,” says GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving. “The sheervolume of emerging entrepreneurs speaks to a fundamental shift inour society toward ownership and controlling one's fate.”