Business ideas are as abundant as trees. Every so often in the course of our day to day activities, we get a sudden light bulb idea about how a particular thing can be done differently. Other times it’s a totally fresh idea about a product or service that we are sure is missing from our modern society. Usually, we share these ideas with family or friends and their support makes us even more excited to see your idea turned into reality.

So you put your money where your mouth is and you start a business. Your idea becomes real and you begin to have several customers. You now know that your idea is good. All this is great but you don’t want to just be a small company with a great idea. Your dream is to build your idea into something as large and lasting as Apple or Microsoft or …