why do businesses fail?
101949
Lack of capital is the number one reason. All the other reasons contibute to this, but if you had enough money you could last long enough to work out the problems and get it right.
525923
In today's competitive business environment it is hard to underestimate the strategic significance of Information Technology (IT) and companies operating in the hospitality and tourism sectors with weak IT are a formula for failure.
404105
Success in business is tough, that's for sure.  Persistence counts, definately, but so does your ability to provide something to others (product or service) that is better than anyone else's out there.  Going above and beyond for others is one of the best ways to stay alive in business.  Always try to make others look good, then they will always want to do business with you.
242279
I am in the tech business. The biggest challenge I face is customers that won't register my advice or predictions and then become difficult and/or won't pay when they don't follow my advice or my predictions come true. Sniffing these types of customers out sometimes offends otherwise good customers.
698982
To grow and develop the business.\n\nProven economic fact (take Econ 101) if a company is not actively growing, and attempting to bring in new business, the company is effectively dying.\n\nGood marketing techniques can lead to increased business, bad techniques leads to increased spending.
918307
The nature of a successful small business is that it is driven by the passion of its owner.\n\nWe could give you a ton of good ideas, but you'd probably fail in your business venture because your lack of passion in the product will cause you to be put off by the natural stress involved in running a business.\n\nIn short, if you want to start a business, you first need to identify your passions, then produce a product or service that incorporates that idea.  Then you'll have the drive to see it through.
842974
Business case scenarios often fail in either of two ways. Either they meet with skepticism or a cold shoulder from management and fail to achieve the immediate objective—obtaining funding, for instance. Or, they fail when the proposal or plan is implemented and the real costs and benefits turn out to be very different from the business case estimates. We believe that both kinds of failure usually result from the same root causes.
285165
70% of most small business fail in the first year, however if you do make it, most business dont get out of the red until after the first 5 years.
184342
. My failures in life are what has made my life what it is today, so I cant count them as failures. You can say something like I should of stayed at that job. Well then on the other hand if you wouldnt have then maybe you wouldnt be at the job you have today. maybe you wouldnt have the new friends you have today. See everytime one door closes another one opens. As hard as that is, we need to remember that.
216078
Not all bosses are like that.  Sometimes they need to be though because if someone who works for them screws up, they get into trouble with their boss or if it is their business they endure financial hardship because of the person's screw up.  Essentially, it is their job to make sure things are done right and if they have incompetent people working for them, things are frequently done wrong.
531044
There is no list.  Some do file bankruptcy, but an awful lot of startups that fail just quietly close their doors and disappear.\n\nIf you just want statistics, go to the SBA for data on the business failure rate in your local area.
766050
Because that will get you fired periodically.  Lots and lots of value managers have severely underperformed (and, as a result, lost a lot of client business) during the Internet boom.\n\nIt is not uncommon for value strategies to produce a disaster every now and then.  Charles Munger, Warren Buffett's sidekick, had done very well over the long haul (he ran his own firm between 1962 and 1975), but still produced 30-percent losses two years in a row (1973 and 1974)...
649064
when a business is incorporated basically all it means is that the owners of the business aren't personally liable for the business... there are a few extra rules you have to abide by (like, you can't just pocket the profits, but you can basically set your own pay)...\n\nbest thing... is if the business flops, the bank won't come after your car and your house and it won't affect your personal finances if your business bankrupts...
1031101
since you are doing pretty well you must be good, and if you are good, I cant see your business failing with as many people as there is needing their websites done- GOOD LUCK!!!
383380
In what way is it weak or has failed?\n\nI think you need to add something to your question.
1123115
The best strategy for achieving success in any business is to look at your business through the eyes of potential customers:\n   \n*Why would I want their product or service?   \n*Why would I do business with this company?\n*How would I want to be treated?\n*How would I want my account to be serviced?\n*Why would I continue doing business with this company?\n\nAddress those issues, and always view your company through your customer's eyes, and you will have a head start on being successful.
64568
To be successful you must learn to handle defeat.A lot of people who are perfectly fine when things are going their way become total basketcases when anything goes wrong.