金蝉脱壳--slip out of a predicament

 

 

I prepared a full content but was wiped out, so this is short version.

I expressed my sympathy to the father of a grocer, who was out of business by a strong competitor 

He bought a food mart from a Vietnamese, who just bought and sold it quickly. It is like a cicada sloughing its skin. 

http://smallbiztrends.com/2008/04/startup-failure-rates.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_success_factor

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_performance_indicator

 

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