Albert Einstein understood the process in a different light: “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
Henry Ford did not invent the wheel or the automobile; he revolutionized assembly-line techniques and introduced interchangeable parts, which enabled mass production. He took an existing product and process and made them better. Florida entrepreneur Ori Tal does the same thing today, with commercial and residential buildings. He develops and converts structures to a higher purpose as Chairman and President of ESO Equity Group. Like most self-respecting entrepreneurs, Ori Tal also acts as an active investor. He brought a decade of experience in corporate and real estate law to the firm, founded in Cocoa Beach in 2005.
Success as an entrepreneur requires the same leadership skills in the 21st century as it did for Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, and Henry Ford in the 19th and 20th centuries. Ori Tal’s supportive management style has led to the occupancy growth of condominium properties from 20 percent to 80 percent or more within two years. While Ford’s management style bordered on dictatorial, as in hiring spies to gain ammunition to prevent his employees from unionizing, he overcame his employee high attrition rate by doubling the hourly wages to $5. Ori Tal has benefitted from a more enlightened view of management styles today.
To remain competitive, the Florida entrepreneur and his 21st-century peers need to keep up with technological advancements, taking advantage of social-media opportunities, software capabilities, and state-of-the-art equipment. As it was when Ben Franklin invented bifocals and the lightning rod in the 18th century and is today for Ori Tal, a new business venture succeeds when a need meets the vision of someone with the passion and the leadership skills to bring it to fruition.