The goal of this chapter has been to outline the major risk factors for technical entrepreneurs and provide specific recommendations to improve your odds of success. These recommendations center on how to avoid the bad risks, and how to recognize and capitalize on the good ones.

Recognizing and handling risks well in business, like everything else, is really a function of the leadership team that runs the show. Thus, the next chapter will focus on what it takes to form and manage a strong leadership team. Luckily, leadership is a set of skills that can be learned, so let's take a look at how that works.