What are the top entrepreneurial skills I must have or develop to become a successful entrepreneur?
If one wants to be an entrepreneur, there are some personal skills one can develop to be even more succcesful at this. Business school are full of this. Here is a list that helps reviewing your personal skills and competency level.
Some core concepts
- Risk taking (taking leaps of faith, failing, trying, repeating)
- Independent
- Drive (you must do it yourself, you need to want it)
- Preparedness & experience helps
- Open for the new and to learning (curiosity)
- Can do attitude (practical)
- High energy
- Resilience (when things are not going to plan)
- Have a vision (know where to go in 5 years from now)
- Know/learned about the business – very important on the business success
- Have experience (a few working years experience really helps, most entrepreneurs start after 35 year so they have more experience under their belt.
- Open to people (as you will have many contacts with others)
- Financial insight (all about revenue)
- Leadership / managing a team
- Cooperation with others (working with suppliers on getting things done)
Entrepreneur MBTI profile
In MBTI measurement this would be the ideal ENTP or ESTP person – for your personal characteristics. An Entrepreneur (ESTP) is someone with the Extraverted, Observant, Thinking, and Prospecting personality traits. They tend to be energetic and action-oriented, deftly navigating whatever is in front of them. They love uncovering life’s opportunities, whether socializing with others or in more personal pursuits.
List your strenghts
Skills for a great entrepreneur
- Personable, Outgoing, a People Person. You have to be able to sell your product, yourself, your business.
- Driven, Motivated, Confident. ..
- Risk Taker and Proactive. ..
- Good with Numbers. ..
- Goal Oriented and Future Focused. …
- Passionate. …
- Leadership. …
- Honest and Humble.