Founders profiles the individuals behind independent companies: how they learned the trade, what they risked, who they went into business with and how that arrangement held. Pieces cover succession in family firms, partnership breakdowns and sales of the business. Owners speak on the record, with figures where they will give them.
Founders coverage from Business News 7.
Bureau of Labor Statistics cohort tracking puts five-year survival at 50.6 percent for the March 2013 class of establishments — and shows the first twelve months carry most of the risk.
Owen Blackwood