CHAPTER 2

The Leader

Your Character is your Destiny.

—Words over the entrance at Delphi in Greece.

Odysseus is a good role model for being an entrepreneur. His 20-year journey from Ithaca to Troy and home was an epic journey described by Homer. To survive his travels around the Mediterranean, he relied on his intelligence, determination, and cunningness. Once arriving at home, he had to deal with the greedy suitors camped in his home. He was able to overcome all these challenges to rejoin his beloved wife, Penelope. His journey was filled with many twists and turns. The career of an entrepreneur also can be filled with many twists and turns.

The leader in a new venture requires a reputation of high legal and moral standards. The legal test is ...

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