John and Ruby Couch Just Opened a Computer Store in a Small

question 8

Multiple Choice

John and Ruby Couch just opened a computer store in a small community.Before opening the store, they listened to their SBA counselor's warnings about the importance of having balanced experience-that is, marketing, finance, and personnel experience-in the computer-store business because

• A) their business is unlikely to grow and earn large business profits.
• B) the computer-store business is a fad.
• C) management know-how is insignificant to small-business success.
• D) small businesses survive large businesses by three years.
• E) about two out of three small firms close within five years of their founding.

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