I didn't plan to be an entrepreneur. I came by it accidentally. When I read "Good to Great" by Jim Collins in 2000 or so, I didn't imagine myself driving a bus...ever. I saw myself sitting in the seat behind the driver suggesting great places to go and great routes to get there.

I was to go into business with a partner who had started and run several companies before. I would corral all of his great ideas and turn them into marketing and sales strategies that would deliver profitable revenue. But in an ironic twist of fate, he dropped out and because I am biologically programmed not to quit anything I start, I became an entrepreneur. 

The hardest part, as most entrepreneurs find out, was putting together a team that could execute all my great ideas. This part took nearly five years as I struggled to find my identity as an owner and lock on to a company culture that could provide sustainable value to our clients, cultivate great professionals and drive business results at the same time.