Back to basics

Basic principles of Business

People get into business for various reasons, be it profit, be it to support their families or just to have a source of income. If you are in the rural areas you get to be affected by almost the same issues.  
The biggest problem I  would say it is the lack of basic principles about how to run a business, this we see in businesses having a life expectancy of less than 5 years or if it exceed such years it barely does well.
Well there is no one to blame really I mean as black people what we really know is how to be workers. Workers understand showing up for work and get paid month end regardless of how business is doing. How do we then move from such a mentality to being responsible for the marketing, finance and operation of an entire business?