Whether you\u2019re just getting into the game or you\u2019re a seasoned pro, you probably know that being an entrepreneur isn\u2019t easy. It takes a special kind of person with a certain set of personality traits to be able to ride this emotional rollercoaster and come out on top.<\/p>\n
As an entrepreneur who has started several small businesses over the years, I\u2019ve come to find that for any founder \u2013 young or old \u2013 to be successful, they must have passion, motivation and persistence, which all play into one another.<\/p>\n
You don\u2019t necessarily need a lot of money or funding to make your idea work. Many successful entrepreneurs identified a need in the marketplace and set out to fill it, leveraging whatever resources were available. I bootstrapped my current business, Insightly, with virtually no capital for the first nine months from my basement.<\/p>\n
I lived frugally and concentrated all of my time and energy into building my product. Being self-motivated is important, but it\u2019s just as important to surround yourself with passionate people. Keeping good company with people who share your ideals will only help you grow professionally and personally.<\/p>\n
Takeaway<\/strong>: Find your passion and stop at nothing to make it happen.<\/p>\n Passion will feed into an entrepreneur\u2019s motivation to grow his business. Starting out, my motivation was to build a viable business. As that dream started to become more of a reality, it motivated me to want to take it to the next level, which resulted in moving my family and my business across the world from Perth, Australia to San Francisco. It takes gumption, and a little bit of craziness thrown in for good measure, to take the leap most entrepreneurs have to take in order to bring a business to its full potential.<\/p>\n Takeaway<\/strong>: Keep yourself motivated to achieve whatever goal you\u2019ve set for yourself; once you reach it, set another.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve witnessed far too many entrepreneurs give up once things started to get tough. No one said starting a business would be easy. In fact, it\u2019s the exact opposite. Building a business has its ups and downs. It\u2019s during those lulls that a true entrepreneur is tested.<\/p>\n To be successful, you need to work hard at your business, and you may need to work at it for a long time. Having the ability to maintain a strong will and drive, even when it seems things are at their worst, will prove to be the ultimate test.<\/p>\n Takeaway<\/strong>: Keep the end goal in mind, especially when things aren\u2019t going the way you had planned.<\/p>\n Not every entrepreneur will be successful, but the possibility of failure doesn\u2019t mean you should shy away from trying something new. In the end, you\u2019ll either come out a successful entrepreneur or you\u2019ll be wiser from the experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Whether you\u2019re just getting into the game or you\u2019re a seasoned pro, you probably know that being an entrepreneur isn\u2019t easy. It takes a special kind of person with a certain set of personality traits to be able to ride this emotional rollercoaster and come out on top. As an entrepreneur who has started several […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":999,"featured_media":12900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43902],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-professional-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n2. Motivation<\/h3>\n
3. Persistence<\/h3>\n