Taffy Williams, the author of Think Agile: How Smart Entrepreneurs Adapt in Order to Succeed. In the past, successful entrepreneurs often possessed a ferocious drive and single-minded focus on achieving their goals. Today, driven single-mindedness often seals a startup’s early death. In a world where technological breakthroughs keep coming, economies keep shifting, industries keep evolving, regulations keep changing, and competitors keep cropping up, successful entrepreneurs need to stay positive-minded, option-oriented, and wide open to fresh ideas. As seasoned entrepreneur and startup advisor Taffy Williams simply states it: “Agility is essential for entrepreneurial success.”