This includes some critical-but-overlooked steps to improving any business. It also tells you how to get free professional counseling from savvy veteran businessmen.

Within five years, two-thirds of all small businesses fail. It’s a sobering statistic. It’s particularly disturbing for those of you who are just starting out in the import service business, or those whose businesses are less than five years old. As for you – old-timers to the industry – don’t hitch up your pants and lean back in the easy chair just quite yet. No matter what your exposure to the industry, there are a few survival tips that you ought to know. Even if the school of hard knocks has taught you most of them already, there may be a few helpful new tidbits in this article for you.