10 Businesses That Are Doomed to Fail

Written by Michael on January 2, 2008 – 1:22 am -

If your dream job is based around one of the following, you may want to rethink your choice:

According to Entrepreneur Magazine, if you’re in one of these businesses, you’ll likely be out of business within 10 years.

  1. Record stores
  2. Camera film manufacturing
  3. Crop dusters
  4. Gay bars
  5. Newspapers
  6. Pay phones
  7. Used bookstores
  8. Piggy banks
  9. Telemarketing
  10. Coin-operated arcades

Re: numbers 1, 5, 7, and 8 . . . I’m sad.

Re: number 9, yeeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Re: number 6 . . . 10 years?  Yikes, I can hardly find one today, so I give this category not more than three or four.

 Read it and weep.

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7 Comments to “10 Businesses That Are Doomed to Fail”

  1. John Morgan Jr. Says:
    January 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 am

    What’s up with #4…. Gar Bars are going to become obsolete??

  2. Linda Says:
    January 3rd, 2008 at 12:26 pm

    Regarding used bookstores: I think book lovers will always be out there and they will look at used bookstores as being like antique shops…be thrilled to find one and look through all the “old” treasures. So no weeping there.

    Agree on pay phones.

    But I wonder why gay bars will not exist? Is it the gay aspect or the drinking aspect?

    I am curious to know other people’s opinions on this.

  3. Michael Says:
    January 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    Regarding gay bars, I think the researcher’s findings revealed that most gays no longer feel the need to segregate themselves. Please see the full article for details.

  4. Linda Says:
    January 3rd, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    Thanks, Michael for directing me to the article….makes sense…

    Linda

  5. B. Fergi Says:
    January 6th, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    There may be fewer gay bars, but probably more upscale ones. Gays can have more fun and freedom there.

  6. john parkinson-hardman Says:
    January 14th, 2008 at 11:16 am

    I wurz just getting aboard my CROP DUSTER when I heard the PAY PHONE ringing at the edge of the field. I picked it up as there was no-one else around, and a very pleasant TELEMARKETEER advised me that PIGGY BANKS are in such short supply for use in COIN OPERATED ARCADES, that a sizable income could be earned by photographing them and sending the CAMERA FILM off to my local NEWSPAPER. I immediately set off to my favourite GAY BAR, but had to wait until the latest consignment from the RECORD STORE was unloaded. The barman felt this was a great opportunity and slipped me a fiver. Went straight out and bought rare back-copies of Entrepreneur Magazine from the USED BOOKSTORE, sold them at a huge profit and promptly invested the proceeds in a COIN OPERATED ARCADE. Came up trumps and just thought I’d write and say THANK_YOU for the brilliant article!

  7. William Says:
    February 19th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

    That last one was freaking brilliant:-)

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