Business

1. Since he didn't have a son of his own he set up a business with his son-in-laws.
2. When it finally became so bad that the computer they had couldn't run any of the new software coming out, he decided to modernise the business a bit and by a new computer.
3. The founder of the company left an explicit instruction in his will to carry on business as usual after he died.
4. He found that he couldn't keep up with all the new fashions, styles, and marketing trends in apparel as he got older and since he had put away a lot of money over the years he decided to close down the business.
5. Being a family business owned by several disparate branches of the family, he found it impossible to run the business the way he thought best.
6. When his father passed to him the reigns of the business the business was in shambles, but through years of hard and persevering work he managed to turn things around and turn it into a thriving business.
7. The family cigar business had gone public several years ago but management, thinking that there was just too much dead wood sitting around being unproductive, decided to streamline the business and force many of the older employees to take early retirement.
8. Being wholly dependent on repeat business, the gas station gave away matching sets of little figurines to encourage customers to come back.

Things that happen to a business:

1. Form groups of similar items or items that are opposites from the above items.
2. Select three of the items above and provide an example from your own experience.