According to the Small Business Administration 44% of small businesses fail within two years. Binary Business will be turning five this year. One of the first lessons I learned was to survive you had to run the business as cheaply and efficiently as possible. Every year I take a look at the books and look for ways to cut costs. This year I cut $360 directly, reclaimed another $9,375 in billable hours and 30 days off the average age of my receivables. I did all this by firing someone. That someone was the United States Post Office.