That's just silly. There are guaranteed ways for company to fail and not vice versa.

But there sort of is. They're all just unique. But formulas are suppose to not be unique, so that's the paradox. I think one way to solve it though is with degrees of detail. At the end of the day most companies that succeed just keep making money, and those that fail just run out of cash. So from there, increase the resolution and see what patterns emerge. There will be formulas.