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Q: How can I help create in-office efficiencies, especially when my team is small and we're all juggling tasks and responsibilities? --Michelle N., Nashua, N.H.

Put 10entrepreneurs in a room, and you'll hear the same mantras recited: Hustle. Focus. Do more with less. Survive.

Asinspiringas those words might sound, they can't ensuresuccess. There's a reason that more than 50 percent ofstartupsfail in the first five years.