What are the key personality traits or skills that set the entrepreneur apart from other business roles?
Michael Gerber: I talk about the four dimensions of the Entrepreneurial Personality in my new book Awakening the Entrepreneur Within: • The Dreamer holds the dream of the business. • The Thinker develops the vision for the company. • The Storyteller conveys the purpose of the enterprise. • The Leader develops the mission of the company. So the great idea had by the dreamer is converted to a vision by the thinker, who makes the dream a reality, then the storyteller differentiates the company from what’s already out there, and the leader turns the story into a mission. This is the context of entrepreneurship. document.getElementById(‘adsense_placeholder_2’).innerHTML = document.getElementById(‘adsense_ad_2_hidden’).innerHTML; Now, obviously an entrepreneur has to be willing to take risks, and willing to work hard and persevere. But without the dream, vision, purpose and mission, these are simply characteristics of anyone working on anything. When the end-game is not conceptualized, you’r
Michael Gerber: I talk about the four dimensions of the Entrepreneurial Personality in my new book Awakening the Entrepreneur Within: • The Dreamer holds the dream of the business. • The Thinker develops the vision for the company. • The Storyteller conveys the purpose of the enterprise. • The Leader develops the mission of the company. So the great idea had by the dreamer is converted to a vision by the thinker, who makes the dream a reality, then the storyteller differentiates the company from what’s already out there, and the leader turns the story into a mission. This is the context of entrepreneurship. document.getElementById(‘adsense_placeholder_2’).innerHTML = document.getElementById(‘adsense_ad_2_hidden’).innerHTML; Now, obviously an entrepreneur has to be willing to take risks, and willing to work hard and persevere. But without the dream, vision, purpose and mission, these are simply characteristics of anyone working on anything. When the end-game is not conceptualized, you’r
