There’s no one path to reach the top—least of all in entrepreneurship. Every business owner is on his or her own journey, and the proper steps for one industry aren’t necessarily right for another. But listening to good advice—or, heck, even heeding it—is never a bad idea. That next bit of guidance might well help you scale both today’s maddening challenges and those you’ve yet to face.
The best move of all? Don’t do this alone. All climbers need a sherpa, and you want to scale the Seven Summits—not fall into Chapter 7. So to help you tackle your challenges, we’ve enlisted dozens of highly successful entrepreneurs and executives for their advice