4 out of 5 businesses fail

4 out of 5 businesses fail.

Owning a business exposes you to bankruptcy, criminal and civil penalties.

You could be defrauded by your partners, suppliers or clients.

If you succeed much of your profit will go into benefiting other people.

Yet millions start businesses.

About 48% of marriages fail.

The cost of failure is high.

You could end up paying for a divorce for decades.

You could lose custody of your kids.

You might even end up in jail.

Yet millions of people start marriages.