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These unusual enterprises have found surprising routes to success. BlueSkyImage / Shutterstock.com
Businesses come and go. In fact, half of small businesses are 10 years old or less, JP Morgan Chase says, and about half fail within five years. You’ve probably seen it in your own backyard: A budding entrepreneur comes to town and opens a tea cafe that also sells antique furniture. You expect a niche shop like this to fail hard and fast. But that’s not always the case.