There is, for example, the former business-school professor who started a restaurant because he wanted to test his ideas about managing people and creating effective organizations. And the nurse who created a medical consulting business because she wanted a more flexible schedule that would let her spend more time with her children. The profiles are a vivid reminder that there are an infinite variety of approaches to company building. Most of them work, but the pathways lead to very different types of businesses. The anatomies play the promise seen by founders off against the skepticism of the experts.
Readers can then decide who they think is right.
This month we have a chance to find out who was actually right. To get the most out of their stories, I'd urge you to go back and read the original articles. All rights reserved.