Family businesses are like most businesses other than the employees are family members. Now that can be good or bad depending on the member's ability to separate the dynamics of business from that of family. As the next generation comes up through the business a succession plan should be established to help future generations of the family business succeed.

Half of new businesses go bust within the first three years. How do you keep yourself going before the money starts rolling in? What if the money does notstart rolling in? The following case studies tell stories of enterprise success and failure.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric car, a solar energy leasing company and a fully reusable rocket.

Lee Daniels fought his way from West Philly to the red-hot center of Hollywood. Along the way, he held various positions in the industry but ultimately became the storyteller he was destined to be. What compelled him to conquer both the independent and mainstream sides of Hollywood by directing and producing critical darlings like The Butlerand massive network TV hit Empire?

Adventure travel has become one of the most popular vacation options. GAP Adventures, which operates tours in Central and South America, offers challenging treks mixed with environmentalism, a good-natured philosophy reflected in the familial management style of the company. This program looks at what happens when success, growth, and competition force president and CEO Bruce Poon Tip to bring in a "hired gun" in order to facilitate the transition...

The third part of the China New Empire series centerson the complexities of contemporary China. At the start of the 21st century, China is poised to dominate. Its economy has not seen a recession in 33 years, and has averaged 10% growth over the last 20. It has witnessed formidable military and technological advancement: "The next man on the moon will undoubtedly be Chinese." Its emerging middle class, 450 million people strong, is larger than all...

Tunisia's "Jasmine Revolution" sparked the Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa. Tunisia is transitioning to multi-party democracy.

China is rapidly becoming one of the world's economic and military superpowers with major economic and political aspirations.

Israel is the Jewish State in the Middle East and magnet for Arabic tension with volatile borders with West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt.

Nauru is one of the smallest countries in the world located in the South Pacific with an intriguing history.