Someone asked me recently if it is still possible to grow a business that can be profitable enough to sell. My answer to her, and to the rest of you, is YES, YOU CAN! In the early 1900's, a highly educated man with all the financial backing he needed worked to become the first man to pilot an airplane. No one remembers his name today. Samuel Pierpoint Langley was a math professor, worked at Harvard, and was a senior officer at the Smithsonian. He was awarded a $50,000 grant (lots of ...