My view is there’s no bad time to innovate.

Every great entrepenuer knows that true innovation requires a leader who listens to the wisdom of others. When emails find their way to your inbox, then, it's only good business to answer them with punctuality and professionalism.

Some executives find that they profit most from communication by responding as quickly as possible. Others feel that the greatest path to success is taking their time in order to respond thoroughly and constructively. And some, of course, are just too busy rapidly innovating to respond before hours or even days have passed.

No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.

When people refer to direct action, they are generally referring to the ability of business leaders to directly email their subordinates. Whether they are in Investments, R&D, or Acquisitions, a well-crafted email is a great way to speed things up.

This kind of hands-on leadership can be taxing to some employees, though, so every email will increase your employees' Stress Level. The more stressed they are, the higher the increase, and eventually, they'll just stop listening. You can always wait for them to relax, or you can see if Human Resources can help nudge them along.

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Never, never, never, never give up.

While you could cash out every investment as soon as it's ready and walk away with money in hand, you could also choose to acquire the company instead.

When you acquire a company, you won't receive your investment value, and your acquisition won't initially be worth anything at all. Do your best to minimize expenses through tactical rebalancing of human capital, though, and your acquisition may eventually be worth more than your investment ever was.

Keep in mind that any workers you hire to help with your corporate outplacing will be paid from the Net Value of your acquisition, not your Current Cash in Hand. In other words, the leaner you run, the greater your acquisition's value will be in the end.

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Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower

If you want to be a great entrepenuer, you're going to have to do more than just grind the gears of industry exactly the way they've been grinding for years. The first step to truly innovative success is Research & Development.

Assign some of your employees to help you develop new Patents and you'll be disrupting the status quo in no time. Just keep in mind that hard work and minimal stress is more than some less-motivated, low T individuals can take; the more employees you assign, the higher your Catastrophic Risk becomes, which means that every Patent completed may take a professional toll on one of your employees.