Entrepreneurship is a popular goal these days, for everyone from Gen Y college grads to mid-career workers looking for a change. But not everyone knows what entrepreneurship really re really cut out for it.While the notion of “working for yourself” might appeal to you, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve got what it takes to make it in the stressful and challenging world of entrepreneurship.

1. Key Traits of
Successful
Entrepreneurs

2. Entrepreneurship is a popular goal these days, for everyone from
Gen Y college grads to mid-career workers looking for a
change. But not everyone knows what entrepreneurship really
re really cut out for it.While the notion of “working for yourself”
might appeal to you, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve got
what it takes to make it in the stressful and challenging world of
entrepreneurship. If being your own boss is on your bucket list,
take a look first at these traits of successful entrepreneurs. If
they remind you of you, then you’re on the right track!

3. 1-Passion
Passion
If you don’t have passion for whatever it is you’re
thinking of doing, count yourself out right now.
Entrepreneurship is not a path for the lukewarm. It’s
too full of ups and downs and setbacks and challenges
for anyone who isn’t “all in” to make a successful go
of it.

4. Drive
Drive is defined as “an innate urge to attain a goal or satisfy
a need.” If you love baking but only do it when you feel like
it, you may be passionate, but you’ve only got a hobby. If
you’re determined to become the boutique bakery in your
city and have your name listed on Yelp, and you won’t rest
till you get there, you’ve got drive.

5. When you’re the only one peering over your shoulder, you need
to be able to keep yourself on task in the face of distractions,
challenges, and the tempting knowledge that you can technically
do whatever you want, whenever you want, without getting in
any immediate trouble. You have to be able to look at the big
picture and realize that cutting corners now will only hurt you
down the road.

6. Flexibility
Entrepreneurs wear many hats. They are accountants, marketers, PR
reps, customer service agents, project managers, and more. You need
to be willing to dive into all aspects of your business, from the creative
to the mundane, in order to create something with traction.
You also have to be willing to learn on the go, as you will never fully be
“ready” to run a business, and there will always be new developments
and challenges to assimilate and overcome. If you’re not prepared to be
a lifelong learner, entrepreneurship may not be for you

7. A Healthy Dose of Pragmatism
Entrepreneurs are interesting creatures. On the one
hand, they often find themselves pursuing goals
that seem lofty and unrealistic to those around
them—why not just stay with a traditional
employer and have a steady paycheck with
benefits? On the other hand, they also need to be
fully grounded. As much as you believe in your
gourmet cupcakes, if customers are telling you a
couple of your favorite flavors don’t do it for them,
you need to be willing to let them go.

8. Thank You
Mihran Kalaydjian
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