Most businesses fail, eventually.
Optimism: Unfashionable Perhaps, But Necessary
Most businesses fail, eventually. They succumb to changing times and conditions, to innovations by competitors, to poor decisions and lack of adaptability by their owners and managers, and to bad luck. Think of all the businesses, once giant and dominant, that have been relegated to the dustbin of history: Pan Am, Digital Equipment Corporation, Polaroid, […]
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