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Reasons Your
Small Business
Will Fail
(and How to Avoid Them)
By Mike Kamo for
6
Photo: Jurassic Park / Universal Pictures (1993)
Forbes reports a grim
statistic: based on
Bloomberg research, eight
of every 10 businesses fail
within the first 18 months.
What are the reasons
businesses fail to thrive,
given a 20% chance of
survival and assuming a
product or service for
which there’s a demand?
Let’s discuss six reasons
businesses fail and some
ways you can avoid
business failure…
Photo: Spider-Man / Sony Pictures Entertainment (2002)
1. Leadership Failure
Photo: The Office / National Broadcasting Company
You will struggle as a leader if you don’t have enough experience
making management decisions, supervising a staff, or the vision
to lead your organization. Perhaps your leadership team is not in
agreement on how the business should be run.
When problems requiring strong leadership occur, you may be
reluctant to take charge and resolve the issues while your
business continues to slip toward failure.
Photo: The Office / National Broadcasting Company
Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect
every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee
morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the
horizon.
How to Avoid Leadership Failure:
Learn, study, find a mentor, enroll in training, conduct personal
research – do whatever you can to enhance your leadership skills
and knowledge of the industry. Examine other business best
practices and see which ones you can apply to your business.
Photo: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1980)
2. Lacking
Uniqueness & Value
Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect
every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee
morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the
horizon.
It may be that your approach is mediocre or you lack a
strong value proposition. If there’s strong demand, you
probably have a lot of competitors and are failing to
stand out in the crowd.
Photo: Cool As Ice / Universal Pictures (1991)
Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect
every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee
morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the
horizon.
How to Avoid Value Proposition Failure:
Develop a customized approach or service package that no
one else in your industry is using so you can present it as a
strong value proposition that attracts attention and interest.
Use social media, word of mouth, cold calling, direct mail,
and other tried-and-true marketing techniques.
Photo: The Mask of Zorro / Sony Pictures Entertainment (1998)
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3. Not in Touch with
Customer Needs
Photo: Monty Python’s Flying Circus / British Broadcasting Corporation (1969)
Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect
every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee
morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the
horizon.
What are your customers telling you? Have you been
listening? Or is the market declining? Are they even still
interested in what you’re selling? These are all important
questions to ask and answer. Maybe you’re offering a
product or service that is fallen well below trend.
Photo: Dumb & Dumber / New Line Cinema (1994)
Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect
every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee
morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the
horizon.
How to Avoid Losing Touch with Customers:
A successful business keeps its eye on the trending values
and interests of its existing and potential customers.
Survey customers and find out what their interests are and
keep abreast of changes and trends using customer
relationship management (CRM) tools. Effective use of
CRM can help keep your business from failing.
Photo: The Dark Knight / Warner Bros. (2008)
4. Unprofitable
Business Model
Photo: Office Space / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1999)
Dysfunctional leadership in your
business will trickle down and affect
every aspect of your operation, from
financial management to employee
morale, and once productivity is
hindered, failure looms large on the
horizon.
Akin to leadership failure is
building a business on a
model that is not sound,
operating without a
business plan, and pursuing
a business for which there is
no proven revenue stream.
The business idea may be
good but failure may come
in the implementation of the
idea if there are no strategic
guidelines in place.
Photo: Office Space / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1999)
Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect
every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee
morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the
horizon.
How to Build a Good Business Model:
Develop a complete business plan that includes financial
forecasting based on predictable revenue, strategic
marketing, and challenge management solutions to
overcome potential obstacles and competitor activities.
A sound business model that incorporates best
practices can help your business avoid failure.
Photo: Silicon Valley / HBO (2014)
5. Poor Financial
Management
Photo: Breaking Bad / AMC (2008-2013)
Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect
every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee
morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the
horizon.
You must know, down to the last dime, where the money
in your business is coming from and where it’s going in
order for your business to succeed. Poor accounting
practice puts a business on a path straight to failure.
Photo: Breaking Bad / AMC (2008-2013)
Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect
every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee
morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the
horizon.
How to Avoid Financial Mismanagement:
Use professional business accounting software to keep
records of all financial transactions… If you lack skill in
financial management, consider hiring a tax advisor and
professional bookkeeper or certified public account to
help manage your financial affairs.
Photo: The Untouchables / Paramount Pictures (1987)
6. Rapid Growth and
Over-expansion
Photo: Alice in Wonderland / Walt Disney Productions (1951)
Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect
every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee
morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the
horizon.
Every now and then a business startup grows much faster than it can
keep up with. You open a website with a trending product and
suddenly you are inundated with orders you are not able to fill. Or
perhaps the opposite is true. You are so convinced that your product
is going to take the world by storm that you invest heavily and order
way too much inventory and now you can’t move it. These are both
additional paths to business failure.
Photo: The Avengers / Marvel Studios; Paramount Pictures (2012)
Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect
every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee
morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the
horizon.
How to Avoid Growth and Expansion Problems:
Conduct thorough research to ensure the time is right and
the funding is available for expansion. Make sure the
initial business is stable before expanding to an additional
location. The key to successful growth and expansion—
and avoiding business failure—is strategic planning.
Photo: Patton / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1970)
Dysfunctional leadership in your
business will trickle down and affect
every aspect of your operation, from
financial management to employee
morale, and once productivity is
hindered, failure looms large on the
horizon.
Starting a business is an
exciting endeavor that
requires a clearly defined
product or service and a
strong market demand for it.
Whether you desire to start
a new business or you’re
already running a business,
you must understand that
success depends on careful
strategic planning and
sound fiscal management
that begin prior to startup
and continue throughout the
life of the business.
Photo: Risky Business / Warner Bros. (1983)
Your complete guide to planning!
and running a business.
Read the full article here:
http://articles.bplans.com/6-reasons-your-small-business-will-fail-and-how-to-avoid-them/

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6 Reasons Your Small Business Will Fail (and How to Avoid Them)

  • 1. Reasons Your Small Business Will Fail (and How to Avoid Them) By Mike Kamo for 6 Photo: Jurassic Park / Universal Pictures (1993)
  • 2. Forbes reports a grim statistic: based on Bloomberg research, eight of every 10 businesses fail within the first 18 months. What are the reasons businesses fail to thrive, given a 20% chance of survival and assuming a product or service for which there’s a demand? Let’s discuss six reasons businesses fail and some ways you can avoid business failure… Photo: Spider-Man / Sony Pictures Entertainment (2002)
  • 3. 1. Leadership Failure Photo: The Office / National Broadcasting Company
  • 4. You will struggle as a leader if you don’t have enough experience making management decisions, supervising a staff, or the vision to lead your organization. Perhaps your leadership team is not in agreement on how the business should be run. When problems requiring strong leadership occur, you may be reluctant to take charge and resolve the issues while your business continues to slip toward failure. Photo: The Office / National Broadcasting Company
  • 5. Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the horizon. How to Avoid Leadership Failure: Learn, study, find a mentor, enroll in training, conduct personal research – do whatever you can to enhance your leadership skills and knowledge of the industry. Examine other business best practices and see which ones you can apply to your business. Photo: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1980)
  • 7. Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the horizon. It may be that your approach is mediocre or you lack a strong value proposition. If there’s strong demand, you probably have a lot of competitors and are failing to stand out in the crowd. Photo: Cool As Ice / Universal Pictures (1991)
  • 8. Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the horizon. How to Avoid Value Proposition Failure: Develop a customized approach or service package that no one else in your industry is using so you can present it as a strong value proposition that attracts attention and interest. Use social media, word of mouth, cold calling, direct mail, and other tried-and-true marketing techniques. Photo: The Mask of Zorro / Sony Pictures Entertainment (1998)
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  • 10. 3. Not in Touch with Customer Needs Photo: Monty Python’s Flying Circus / British Broadcasting Corporation (1969)
  • 11. Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the horizon. What are your customers telling you? Have you been listening? Or is the market declining? Are they even still interested in what you’re selling? These are all important questions to ask and answer. Maybe you’re offering a product or service that is fallen well below trend. Photo: Dumb & Dumber / New Line Cinema (1994)
  • 12. Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the horizon. How to Avoid Losing Touch with Customers: A successful business keeps its eye on the trending values and interests of its existing and potential customers. Survey customers and find out what their interests are and keep abreast of changes and trends using customer relationship management (CRM) tools. Effective use of CRM can help keep your business from failing. Photo: The Dark Knight / Warner Bros. (2008)
  • 13. 4. Unprofitable Business Model Photo: Office Space / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1999)
  • 14. Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the horizon. Akin to leadership failure is building a business on a model that is not sound, operating without a business plan, and pursuing a business for which there is no proven revenue stream. The business idea may be good but failure may come in the implementation of the idea if there are no strategic guidelines in place. Photo: Office Space / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1999)
  • 15. Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the horizon. How to Build a Good Business Model: Develop a complete business plan that includes financial forecasting based on predictable revenue, strategic marketing, and challenge management solutions to overcome potential obstacles and competitor activities. A sound business model that incorporates best practices can help your business avoid failure. Photo: Silicon Valley / HBO (2014)
  • 16. 5. Poor Financial Management Photo: Breaking Bad / AMC (2008-2013)
  • 17. Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the horizon. You must know, down to the last dime, where the money in your business is coming from and where it’s going in order for your business to succeed. Poor accounting practice puts a business on a path straight to failure. Photo: Breaking Bad / AMC (2008-2013)
  • 18. Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the horizon. How to Avoid Financial Mismanagement: Use professional business accounting software to keep records of all financial transactions… If you lack skill in financial management, consider hiring a tax advisor and professional bookkeeper or certified public account to help manage your financial affairs. Photo: The Untouchables / Paramount Pictures (1987)
  • 19. 6. Rapid Growth and Over-expansion Photo: Alice in Wonderland / Walt Disney Productions (1951)
  • 20. Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the horizon. Every now and then a business startup grows much faster than it can keep up with. You open a website with a trending product and suddenly you are inundated with orders you are not able to fill. Or perhaps the opposite is true. You are so convinced that your product is going to take the world by storm that you invest heavily and order way too much inventory and now you can’t move it. These are both additional paths to business failure. Photo: The Avengers / Marvel Studios; Paramount Pictures (2012)
  • 21. Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the horizon. How to Avoid Growth and Expansion Problems: Conduct thorough research to ensure the time is right and the funding is available for expansion. Make sure the initial business is stable before expanding to an additional location. The key to successful growth and expansion— and avoiding business failure—is strategic planning. Photo: Patton / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1970)
  • 22. Dysfunctional leadership in your business will trickle down and affect every aspect of your operation, from financial management to employee morale, and once productivity is hindered, failure looms large on the horizon. Starting a business is an exciting endeavor that requires a clearly defined product or service and a strong market demand for it. Whether you desire to start a new business or you’re already running a business, you must understand that success depends on careful strategic planning and sound fiscal management that begin prior to startup and continue throughout the life of the business. Photo: Risky Business / Warner Bros. (1983)
  • 23. Your complete guide to planning! and running a business. Read the full article here: http://articles.bplans.com/6-reasons-your-small-business-will-fail-and-how-to-avoid-them/