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Posted on March 28, 2011

The Missing Market for Failure

We are told that some large fraction (possibly 80 percent) of small, entrepreneurial businesses fail. The hard part is working out why. You may notice a restaurant has closed in your neighborhood. If it seemed popular, you wonder if the owner left for greener pastures or there was some hidden health issue no one had …

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