My grandmother was one of the first entrepreneurs in the former Soviet Union. Here are 10 timeless things that she taught me about building a successful business. It was the late 1980s as the Soviet Union was coming apart when my grandmother created her flower business. The rawness of such a “start-up” environment can serve as an enduring guide to creating great businesses. Grandma Pasha had begun growing flowers years beforehand, as a way of coping with the death of her oldest son. The milit...