Which of the following is an common factor of failure for small businesses

A few of the following can be considered major factors in failure of small businesses:

-Lack of financial planning: when a business is born it needs to critically plan out the first few years of running. Small business often fail to plan out for the future and have less working capital at hand.

-Lack of expertise: small business cannot afford specialist managers and this may be a reason for failure

-no investment in marketing and research can also be a reason.