On Sun, 19 Feb 2006, Michael Hoover wrote:
> have seen various percentages - from likes of small business
> administration, census data, chamber of commerce - over the years, re.
> small business 'failure' within one year and five years, irrespective of
> whether high or low end figures are correct, don't most of go out of
> business during owner's lifetime...
Well yes and no. I think it's kind of like with child mortality in a country where it's high -- the businesses that survive the first 5 years have great odds of a long life. And the ones that die during that period barely count in people's reckoning at all.
Michael