March 24 | The railroads were being built. Wall Street emerged. The population in 1830 was 12.8 million to become 31.4 million in 1860.

February 24 | It is very apparent that some successful businesses get early and even several lucky breaks as they start out.

January 24 | Recent UK reports show that at least 500,000 people start a business each year and of those over 50% fail.

December 23 | In a recent survey it transpired that 30% of businesses fail due to the lack of experience of management.

November 23 | In a recent survey it transpired that 46% of businesses fail due to the incompetence of management.

October 23 | Other studies on entrepreneurs have identified persistence as being critical to the behaviour of an entrepreneur.

September 23 | So what is luck? Can it be measured? Or is it just damn hard work.

August 23 | Successful entrepreneurs will be people who others wish to migrate towards.

July 23 | In 1993 Howard Gardner wrote – ‘in the heyday of psychometric and behaviourist eras, it was generally believed that intelligence was a single entity that was inherited.’

June 23 | The pass mark for any of these tests would be considered to be 50%. So is intelligence measure by such a low bar?