I've been an entrepreneur for almost 30 years now -- 29 years
and two months, to be exact, but who's counting? -- and one
thing I've learned is that there is no formula for success in
business. Believe me, I wish there were. I would love to be able
to give you a step-by-step guide to achieving your business
goals. But I can't. That's because no challenge in business is
identical to any other. Each is shaped by a multitude of factors
that give it unique characteristics, and your response has to be
tailored accordingly.  Then how is it, you might ask, that some
entrepreneurs are able to start one successful business after
another and rarely -- if ever -- fail? By successful, I mean a
business that lives off its own cash flow, provides a good
living for its owners and employees, and generates the profit it
needs to keep growing. You have no doubt run into people with
the ability to create such businesses almost at will. In the
media, they are often referred to as serial entrepreneurs. I
suppose I'm one of them,