Entrepreneurship
>>>> 2. What Makes Someone an Entrepreneur?
Who can become an entrepreneur? There the loss of these customers, the entrepreneur mod-
is no one definitive profile. Successful en-
ified her vision to accommodate these needs.
trepreneurs come in various ages, income
levels, gender, and race. They differ in education and
• Leadership is the ability to create rules and to set
experience. But research indicates that most successful
goals. It is the capacity to follow through to see that
entrepreneurs share certain personal attributes, includ-
rules are followed and goals are accomplished.
ing: creativity, dedication, determination, flexibility, leadership, passion, self-confidence, and “smarts.”
• Passion is what gets entrepreneurs started and
keeps them there. It gives entrepreneurs the ability
• Creativity is the spark that drives the development
to convince others to believe in their vision. It can’t
of new products or services or ways to do business.
substitute for planning, but it will help them to stay
It is the push for innovation and improvement. It
focused and to get others to look at their plans.
is continuous learning, questioning, and thinking outside of prescribed formulas.
• Self-confidence comes from thorough planning,
which reduces uncertainty and the level of risk. It
• Dedication is what motivates the entrepreneur to
also comes from expertise. Self-confidence gives
work hard, 12 hours a day or more, even seven days
the entrepreneur the ability to listen without being
a week, especially in the beginning, to get the en-
deavor off the ground. Planning and ideas must be joined by hard work to succeed. Dedication makes
• “Smarts” consists of common sense joined with
knowledge or experience in a related business or endeavor. The former gives a person good instincts,
• Determination is the extremely strong desire to
the latter, expertise. Many people have smarts they
achieve success. It includes persistence and the
don’t recognize. A person who successfully keeps
ability to bounce back after rough times. It per-
a household on a budget has organizational and fi-
suades the entrepreneur to make the 10th phone
nancial skills. Employment, education, and life ex-
call, after nine have yielded nothing. For the true
entrepreneur, money is not the motivation. Success
Every entrepreneur has these qualities in different de-grees. But what if a person lacks one or more? Many
• Flexibility is the ability to move quickly in response
skills can be learned. Or, someone can be hired who has
to changing market needs. It is being true to a dream
strengths that the entrepreneur lacks. The most impor-
while also being mindful of market realities. A story
tant strategy is to be aware of strengths and to build on
is told about an entrepreneur who started a fancy
shop selling only French pastries. But customers wanted to buy muffins as well. Rather than risking
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