Invent, Reinvent, Thrive: The Keys to Success for Any Start-Up, Entrepreneur, or Family Business

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Maturity Is No Excuse: Reinvent or Atrophy

PARTS 1 AND 2 OF THIS BOOK DEAL WITH REINVENTIONS OF INDIviduals, the realignment of their skill sets to change from employees to entrepreneurs despite the forces of naysayers who urge otherwise. Part 3 deals with businesses—well-established, even gigantic companies—as evidence that the need for reinvention is perpetual and critical at all stages. This brief review will form the base for consideration of grown entrepreneurial and family businesses I have interviewed.

Creative Destruction Is the DNA of Business: Survival Is Hard Won, Not Automatic

Austrian-American economist Joseph Schumpeter wrote his book Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, published in 1942, 15 years before Bill Gates was born. ...