A lot of the success of the business depends on who is behind the operations. Not only because of what kind of innovation employees can bring to the table, but because they are the ones to market the business.
How do you go about choosing the right team, whether it is a retail small business, a professional venture, or an online venture?
I would say that you need to find a group of individuals that will want to work with you to bring up a great business from scratch. You should try to get involved with the people around in your community or network in the same industry as you. The group of people should be able to work together and be able to understand each other. No business can be successful unless the human resources of the company is in sync.
If you are an entrepreneur, you really don't have to look much further than some of the biggest companies around in today's world. Look at Google for example. Sergey Brin and Larry Page were not the greatest friends after they met, but they shared the same idea and wanted to start a revolutionary type of search product. They put their minds together and came up with algorithms for Google Search and that was the beginning of Google. They really didn't talk about money or anything else at the start, but focused mainly on coming up with the product. If you can find or put together a team that will focus on creating the product you have in mind and then looking to monetize it, chances are you will have great success.
Without the right team, many businesses have failed. The basis of a well known business are the people behind it, living up to the reputation of the business.