Bloomberg is, in their own words, "... a global information and technology company." The influential and respected conglomerate is constantly researching business trends for information on how to help small-cap, medium-sized and large businesses succeed. Bloomberg reports on its website that 8 of every 10 businesses fail, most of them in their first 18 months of existence. While many reasons exist for most businesses in various industries not surviving more than 1.5 years, the #1 reason Bloomberg found for business failure was ... ... lack of sufficient capital.