After reading one of my articles sometime ago, this afternoon, I received a call while I was waiting to be attended to at a shoe shop in Main market and he asked: Oga mi, what really makes a good entrepreneur?
I told him I write write about in in my next post as telling him over the phone will swallow his airtime.
To whom it may concern, Below are the basis of what makes a good entrepreneur.
1. Salesmanship.
The ability to sell something is absolutely necessary to knowing how to run a business at any stage.
Whether you're starting out on the floor like I did, selling a physical product, or you're the CEO of an agency placing talented employees, you need to know how to make a sale.
2. A chip on your shoulder.
This can come in two forms. Either you were born with nothing, zero, and you're just hungrier than the average human.
Or, it's the reverse: You born into a lot of wealth and opportunity and you want to prove that you don't need it, and can do it on your own.
In either case, some kind of chip can push you a long way, especially for the amount of hours and energy you'll need to put into your business.
3. An independent spirit.
Being an entrepreneur means you rely on yourself and no one else. At the end of the day, you need to be 100 percent comfortable with making the final call, being able to trust yourself and your intuition.
4. Understanding consumers and consumer attention.
Zuckerberg is a fantastic example of someone who truly understands and trades consumer attention. He got it with his product: Facebook.
He held onto it by . And he saw it with Snapchat too,
In any case, the lesson is that not only knowing where the consumers are, but also where they are going, is crucial.
5. Patience.
It can be a slow and lonely climb to the top. If patience is a trait you don't currently possess, but you want to play in this world, I recommend developing it as much as you possibly can.
Hope this helps!
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