They have grandiose ideas which they believe will truly change the world. They will break even within 1 year. Earn their first million within 2 years. Sell their companies within 5 years. Earn a billion dollars in the process. They are mostly wrong. Very few people can become like Mark Zuckerberg (Mr Facebook) i.e. become a billionaire by 30.
On closer observation of an entrepreneur, it is not his idea that attracts people, its his pure optimism, unrestrained confidence and his ability to rise from his numerous failures. He will learn from his mistakes and delusion, correct his path and go on and on and on….
A good entrepreneur is
- Open to new ideas
- Good at goal setting-(setting clear goals and jotting down an action to achieve the goal)
- Able to schedule time in such a way that they have the least amount of time unscheduled in a day.
- Able to reward himself/herself for goals achieved.
- A good time manager
- Shrewd when it comes to handling business (Delay payment as much as possible. Get payments as soon as possible)
- Builds relationships like crazy(the number of facebook friends, twitter followers and linkedin contact is a strong indication)
- Able to command loyalty from his/her customers. During the initial phase of the company it is better to follow this mantra – ‘promise to serve and serve what you promise.’
- a systematic planner.
Most of us are not born entrepreneurs. For some of us it comes naturally, for others the calling comes as a quest to do things differently.
Entrepreneurship is not just one skill set. It is a total sum of skill sets(risk taking abilities, perseverance, ability to network effortlessly, ability to survive, knowledge, reading skills, extrovert character, sales skills……)which defines entrepreneurship.
So go ahead take the plunge, be neck deep in it, then navigate your course, …….feel the experience of a life time……
It’s the journey which is entrepreneurship not the end result.
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