Introduction to entrepreneurship/IENT101/Entrepreneur/Characteristics

Effective entrepreneurs

What personal characteristics help make someone effective as an entrepreneur? This video shares the views of some successful entrepreneurs.

The 15 Characteristics of Effective Entrepreneurs (6:20)

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Characteristics of successful entrepreneurs

Read the following article about the abilities and qualities of a successful entrepreneur. You will use this to reflect on well-known entrepreneurs in the next activity.

Characteristics of a successful entrepreneur (extracted from Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Commonwealth of Learning, 2011)