This weekend I consumed one too many beverages and started white-boarding what it means to be an entrepreneur with a friend – we concluded that being an entrepreneur has many forms – a musician, an artist, franchise owner, doctor who owns his own practice, real estate investor, etc. All these products and services offered vary quite drastically, yet it takes a certain type of “personality” in order to 1) decide to do them 2) be good enough to execute
Overall, if I had to give a framework to this “personality” or characteristics, it would be: CIGC
Creativity – Imagination and childlike curiosity in order to dream up a future, better world
Innovation – The ability to take this idea and apply it to the real world, whether that be in a new or evolving market
Grit – Mixture of perseverance and resourcefulness
Charisma – The art of applying empathy and getting others to not only understand your vision, but buy into it and want to be apart of this new future
Can you be a successful entrepreneur or inventor without these 4? Yes, as long as you can bring someone on your team that fills the discrepancy.
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