This assessment was created to give you, the potential new business owner, a tool to determine what the probability of success is of your new venture. It was also created to give you critical knowledge as to why some businesses succeed and others fail. By taking this Assessment you will not only get the probability of success of your new venture, but you will also learn the necessary, time-tested, components of all successful businesses. You will learn what you already know, which increases your probability of success, and you will learn what you don?t know, which decreases your probability of success.Current Will my new business succeed? users include: career development counselors, SBDC counselors, and bankers looking to lower the risk of new startup business loans.