The best entrepreneurship advice: Be hands on

THE best business advice came from my wise father-in-law — Be hands on.

His advice tore apart the mindset that being an entrepreneur meant being your own boss with everyone at your beck and call. People think if you're an entrepreneur, you can boss people around. All you needed was to give an order and your staff would scramble to finish it. When I became my own boss, nothing was further from the truth. As an entrepreneur, I was at everyone's beck and call.