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Topic
Board Economics
Re: Business failure among small-scale entrepreneurs
by
Fortify
on 12/10/2022, 20:35:50 UTC
Any  business can fail if not well manage. It is one thing to start a business and it another thing for the your business to stand firm for life. These are examples of Nigerian Businesses that Failed Within 5 Years:

Reason why businesses may fail
👉 Poor Customer Care/Support
Customers need proper attention for a business to survive. Without them, your product will fail to exist. When customers are not well treated or appreciated, they often become dissatisfied, leave bad reviews and patronize others.

👉 Mismanagement of Funds
Some small businesses fail because the owners mismanaged the business funds and there was no accountability.

👉 Inadequate Financing
Huge number of entrepreneurs make a common mistake of starting a business with no adequate operating funds. Most small business owner start their business without having enough that can finance the budget of their business. Some start the business with loan with heavy interested.

👉 Poor Business Management
The management play a key role to sustain a business. It comprises of activities such as planning, organizing, staffing, directing, motivating, controlling, co-coordinating and communicating. When a business is poorly managed, its death is imminent. Management

👉 Inability to Communicate Value
Communication is highly important in businesses. This is the only language your customers here. Some small businesses fail because of their inability to clearly define their value propositions — that is, they fail to understand and communicate their products or services to consumers effectively.

👉 Wrong Expectations
Some startup and small business owners expect money to start rolling into their business account immediately with doing little or nothing.
The idea of starting a business with the wrong expectations and impatience has made many businesses to collapse within a short period of time.

👉 No Planning
Most small scale businesses start the business without a concrete plan. They rush into business because they see people make ways from it. To start a business, one need to make proper findings about the business. Failure to plan may lead to the downfall of the business.

👉 Lack of Focus
Investing in many things almost at the same time is not healthy fora business. Engaging in so much things at a time may make them run out of cash. This on the long run will affect the financial aspect of the initial business. At the long run, they end up closing down the business.

CONCLUSION
Establishing a strong and firm business doesn't come easy. It involves patient, time, passion and hardworking. Young entrepreneurs should try to learn from failed businesses and guide themselves with successful businesses.

Many people will not necessarily be lucky enough to experiment with different business ideas because they get trapped by the complexities of day to day life or simply do not have the resources to dedicate to it. The internet has been a great equalizer for people across the world and opened up a whole realm of possibilities for trying new things. The most important thing that an entrepreneur is likely to pick up is failure and perseverance, which means testing lots of different things until you find a profitable recipe for yourself. It also teaches you constant adaptability as the world is often changing and you will need to change along with it.