Amish Businesses don't Fail

Why Amish businesses don't fail
By Geoff Williams, contributing writerMay 4, 2010: 10:57 AM ET
(CNNMoney.com) -- Want to find America's most successful entrepreneurs? Skip Silicon Valley and Manhattan; head to the rural Amish enclaves.
Amish businesses have an eye-popping 95% success rate at staying open at least five years, according to author Erik Wesner's new book, Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive. Read more: (They focus on exacuting the basics well)http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/04/smallbusiness/amish_business_success/index.htm?icid=mainhtmlws-sb-wdl3link3http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2010%2F05%2F04%2Fsmallbusiness%2Famish_business_success%2Findex.htm