For many years restaurants have gotten a bad rap when it comes to perceived risk.  Business experts and people in general are prone to citing "The High Failure Rate" of restaurants as a reason not to invest in or start restaurants.  Most of us are so use to hearing such talk we simply accept it as truth.  If we were to ask those who claim that restaurants have a higher failure rate than other small businesses to provide a references for their claim, they couldn't.  There aren't any credible research studies to support this myth. I recently published an article outlining how anyone can dramatically improve their odds of success at starting a restaurant business.   The same day that the article was published a reader left a great comment, which not surprisingly mentioned the high failure rate of restaurants.   For the .. more»