Comments on: 8 Patterns Of Highly Effective Entrepreneurs

By: Bamboo Forest - PunIntended

Bamboo Forest - PunIntended — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:08:42 +0000

I like your first one the best. They see a strong need that people want and provide it. Without that initial good idea, all the qualities in the world won’t make you successful.

By: categorykiller.info

categorykiller.info — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:16:25 +0000

thank you for a list that reaffirms who i was born to be!

- jason nadaf

By: smallbizbee

smallbizbee — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:21:52 +0000

@Sarah Rippel
I think pushing yourself out of your comfort zone a bit is so important, as well as learning from past mistakes. Take those two and add the persistence @Tumblemoose was speaking of in his comment above and you got a pretty good recipe for success!

Thanks for coming by, appreciate your comment.

Matt

By: smallbizbee

smallbizbee — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:20:07 +0000

@Tumblemoose
Couldn’t agree more…lack of persistence has killed many a great idea.

Matt

By: Sarah Rippel

Sarah Rippel — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:17:53 +0000

AMEN TO ALL OF THESE! I feel lucky to be my own boss, to have made a ton of mistakes (and learned from all of em), and to be stepping “outside my box” on a daily basis…more and more success!

Best wishes to all of you!
Sarah

By: Tumblemoose

Tumblemoose — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:39:37 +0000

Hey Matt,

I would also add what I call consistent persistence. Stick to it and don’t give up. To be successful, you need to be persistent, and be persistent consistently!

Cheers!

George

By: smallbizbee

smallbizbee — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:16:05 +0000

@MGL
The intent wasn’t to over simplify and diminish the fact that running your own business is hard work, a lot of hard work! But to point out that people who are successful in business and entrepreneurship have the above traits more often than not.

Matt

By: smallbizbee

smallbizbee — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:13:53 +0000

@Dragos
I think the real difference, and common misconception, is that entrepreneurs are “throw caution to the wind” go all in type of risk takers, and that isn’t the case with really successful ones. They are taking calculated risk – not gambling. Also, what looks risky to one person is completely sane to another. So for entrepreneurs with the traits above what they are doing may look like a big risk to someone without those traits. I’d liken it to rock climbing – I’ve never done it so it looks very risky and would be for me, but for somebody with 20 years of rock climbing experience there is hardly any risk at all.

Matt

By: smallbizbee

smallbizbee — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:07:23 +0000

@agent_luke
Agreed, and what’s nice about being an entrepreneur or small business owner is you have the flexibility to react immediately to those situations. Big business doesn’t necessarily have that same luxury.

Matt

By: MGL

MGL — Sun, 10 May 2009 11:56:32 +0000

This simplifies the idea a bit too much. It’s hard work.