The Power of Persistence

Four years ago, I set out to write a book about people who became successful entrepreneurs in the second halves of their lives. I undertookthischallenge for several reasons but at the heart of it all was a personal one. I wanted to know what it takes for an ordinaryboomerlike me to excel at business ownership.

It took hundreds of hours of research, more than 40 interviews and at least six or seven manuscript rewrites (I lost count after the fifth round) but I finally finished. This month, I se...