In this volume of interviews with entrepreneurs from five countries and eight US states, we explore the adventure—and the hard-headedness—of business. What makes for entrepreneurial success—and failure? To what extent is flourishing a matter of ideas, or of key decisions, or of persistent action, or of character? How does one’s business life fit into one’s overall life? And how does one even define success? Our belief is that we can always learn from the accomplishments and setbacks of others. Their life stories can be informative, cautionary, and inspirational as we each strive to more fully realize our own potentials and achieve our goals. The sixteen entrepreneurs featured in this volume are widespread geographically as well as in the range of their endeavors—from documentaries to sports to engineering to art to oil and gas to software to personal care to construction to education and more. So we hope you find engaging and useful these stories of sixteen entrepreneurs whose reflections are both highly personal to them and timeless in their significance for the rest of us.
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In this volume of interviews with entrepreneurs from five countries and eight US states, we explore the adventure—and the hard-headedness—of business. What makes for entrepreneurial success—and failure? To what extent is flourishing a matter of ideas, or of key decisions, or of persistent action, or of character? How does one’s business life fit into one’s overall life? And how does one even define success? Our belief is that we can always learn from the accomplishments and setbacks of others. Their life stories can be informative, cautionary, and inspirational as we each strive to more fully realize our own potentials and achieve our goals. The sixteen entrepreneurs featured in this volume are widespread geographically as well as in the range of their endeavors—from documentaries to sports to engineering to art to oil and gas to software to personal care to construction to education and more. So we hope you find engaging and useful these stories of sixteen entrepreneurs whose reflections are both highly personal to them and timeless in their significance for the rest of us.