What Does it Take to Be an Entrepreneur?

What does it take to be an entrepreneur? Is it true that to be an entrepreneur you must be born that way?

The truth is anyone can learn to operate like an entrepreneur. Most entrepreneurs have the skills to be successful – either natural or developed.

There are basic similarities that entrepreneurs have:

• persistence
• desire for immediate feedback
• inquisitiveness
• strong drive to achieve
• high energy level
• goal oriented behavior
• independent
• demanding
• good decision maker
• can face long hours if needed to make it work
• self-confident
• calculated risk taker
• creative
• innovative
• vision
• luck
• commitment
• problem solving skills
• tolerance for ambiguity
• strong integrity
• highly reliable
• personal initiative
• ability to consolidate resources
• strong management and organizational skills
• competitive
• change agent
• tolerance for failure
• desire to work hard
• entrepreneurial roll models
• self-starter