9 entrepreneurial firms showing survival instincts. (Michigan) (Special Section: Small Business)

From: Crain's Detroit Business | Date: July 12, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

Much has been written about what qualities make a successful entrepreneur.

A good idea, hard work, planning and adequate financing certainly enter into it. However, as the long line of failed companies amply demonstrates, sustaining a business is often more difficult than getting it off the ground.

The following nine companies were honored June 22 for their ability not only to achieve success, but also to sustain it, in a national competition sponsored by Inc. magazine, Ernst & Young and Merrill Lynch and sponsored locally by Crain's Detroit Business; WJR AM 760; Michigan Bell ...

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