What is the number one way to prevent failure in business? Take a minute to really think about your answer. What comes to mind? Increasing patients or customers served? … Effective marketing? … Location, location, location? … Improving patient or customer care? … Being the best in your industry? Although these are all essential aspects of business, the answer isn’t any of the above. The number one way to prevent business failure is to properly manage your working capital. To ensure that we’.