Small businesses have been failing for decades, Professor Keely i sintimately aware of this fact because her parents small businesses failed as well. The Small Business Administration have been documenting it for decades. The failure rate is epic and catastrophic because this isn't just the death of a business but the death of someone's dreams and time away from their  families in trying to build and save their futures. This information is shared in Professor Keely's Education Successs Strategies LLC and her Learning Management System for self-directed professional development with certificates.