Start up company failure rates

U.S. - four-year survival rate in the information sector is only 38 percent
- four-year survival rate is 55 percent in the education and health services sector
China - 64.2% of the businesses failed in a 10-year period
- failure rates are 10% for electronics equipment manufacturers
- failure rates are 90% for Internet or biotechnology-related startups
Palo Alto - 90% failure rate
Silicon Valley - 90% failure rate