Showing posts with label You had a great run. Show all posts
Showing posts with label You had a great run. Show all posts

Monday, July 21, 2008

There is a season turn, turn, turn

If the crusty Gazette manages to cover this loss for our little town, they will probably lead with something like "President Johnson had just shocked the Democratic party by announcing he would not seek reelection, '60 Minutes' debuted on TV, 'In The Heat Of The Night' won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the average price of a gallon of gas was 34 cents, and Pizza Rama served its first pie (probably to a Umass student)."

But I have better stats: In an average year 2 out of 3 small business startups fail to see their First Anniversary; and 90% have failed by year five.

Read this autobiographical obituary's closing paragraph: it's not too hard to understand how they managed to stay in business for 39 years.