Perspective, perspective.
1) They say: 95% of businesses fail.
2) I say: 100% of the remaining 5% are successful.
1) They say: 95% of businesses fail.
2) I say: 100% of the remaining 5% are successful.
“Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand.”
— Bruce Barton
Given a long enough timeline even currently successful companies can become future failures.
Edit:By this I mean even successful companies can eventually lose out to competition when they lose their edge. Only the Paranoid Survive - Andy Grove.