The Founding Father's entrepreneurial instincts can still guide innovators today.
MORE How a Little Bribery Could Be a Good Thing How Google Perfected the Silicon Valley Acquisition 3 Books Every Leader Should Read to Be Successful George Washington was among the most successful businessmen of his day. Raised in a single-parent home and bereft of formal education, he nevertheless parleyed a modest inheritance into what was by the time of his death one of the grandest estates in North America