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I suppose the cynic would argue that if they didn't have this billing practice, they may have survived. Which the other cynic would say is the problem, are businesses being too subsidized by unethical billing?

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Or would have created negative backlash with initial clients while still open, accelerating its demise?

Let’s chuck this one on the bin of “who knows? Who cares?” Mistery Bin.

We also don't know that it closed because it failed. Small businesses like that can end up closing just because the owner moves away or something like that, if the owner is highly involved in operating the place.

I’m highly suspicious that the whole 90% of restaurants fail thing is largely because small business owners don’t know how to manage their finances and maintain adequate buffers for lean months. I expect even the highest revenue places to just fall over suddenly because of it

do you have any proof for this? this is up the alley of something I'm building

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