• Home
  • About
  • Work
  • Press
  • Blog
  • Hello
Always learning, curiosity-driven business creative with a preference for big challenges. Best known for entrepreneurship in digital health and digital marketing strategy for radio. I like my music loud, my books long and my coffee strong.
  • About
  • Work
  • Press
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Hello

3 Attributes That Make A Successful Entrepreneur

January 12, 2016 | Filed in: Business

Attributes of entrepreneurs

Photo credit: wocintechchat/Flickr

I was asked on a panel recently about the most important attributes of an entrepreneur. When I think about the people who succeed at building their own businesses—not the anomaly, front of Time magazine entrepreneur but the everyday successful entrepreneurs—there are three attributes that come to mind.

Drive. Strategic thinking. Passion. And you need all three working in concert. So what happens when you’re missing one of these?

Without strategic thinking, you’re the crazy one going on and on about your idea but getting nowhere. You don’t look at the big picture and struggle to push through ideation to execution. You get stuck by making poor decisions. People probably duck into doorways when they see you coming.

Without passion you can’t sell your business to anyone—to end users, to talent for hire, to advertisers, to investors. We all fall in love with a story, and if you can’t tell it, then you’ve lost your audience and your business, too.

Without drive you just won’t survive. Have you heard the old adage, “Entrepreneurs are the crazy people who work 100 hours a week so they don’t have to work 40 hours for someone else”? Entrepreneurs and the talent who support them in #startuplife work their tails off. If you aren’t intrinsically motivated, you’re probably better suited for a 9-5 job at an established company.

Drive and passion typically come along with a good idea: it’s why people quit their day jobs to pursue their own businesses. It’s the strategy part that you have to watch out for. Finding a mentor early on can help ensure you aren’t wearing blinders and that you’re creating a plan that maximizes your chance for success.

What would you add to the attribute list?

Share this PostShare on FacebookTweet about this on TwitterGoogle+Pin on PinterestShare on LinkedInEmail to someoneShare on StumbleUpon

Tagged With: entrepreneurs, startups

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Contact

Meet Stephanie

Always learning, curiosity-driven business creative with a preference for big challenges. Best known for entrepreneurship in digital health and digital marketing strategy for radio. I like my music loud, my books long and my coffee strong. Read More

On Twitter

Tweets by @StephanieWinans

"It was clear to me from the very first time that I met Stephanie at WABB that she was an amazing talent. Ideas flow from her brain like a fire hose! I had a very large, hard to please client who wanted some creative ideas on maximizing their web presence. Stephanie was able to develop a series of very creative digital media solutions and the client was completely sold. Each and every time I went to Stephanie for ideas, she never failed to deliver."

Judy Dahl Stoddard, Business Development Manager, 97.5 WABB May 22, 2015

Kind Words
A Peek Backstage
  • Stephanie Winans
  • Stephanie Winans Texas Music Chart
  • Stephanie Winans Randy Lane Paul Castronovo
  • Stephanie Winans Texas Music Chart
  • Stephanie Winans Texas Music Chart
  • Stephanie Winans Adam Weiner Jacquelyn Bullerman Danica Kombol Radio Ink Convergence
  • Stephanie Winans Texas Music Chart
  • Stephanie Winans Radio Ink Convergence
  • Stephanie Winans OAB
  • Stephanie Winans Texas Music Chart
  • Stephanie Winans Texas Music Chart
  • Stephanie Winans Texas Music Chart
  • Stephanie Winans Texas Music Chart
  • Stephanie Winans Angela Perelli Astral
  • Stephanie Winans Texas Music Chart
  • Stephanie Winans Morning Show Bootcamp
  • Stephanie Winans OAB
  • Stephanie Winans Morning Show Bootcamp
  • Stephanie Winans Bundoo
  • Stephanie Winans Morning Show Bootcamp
  • Stephanie Winans OAB
  • Stephanie Winans Morning Show Bootcamp
  • Stephanie Winans OAB
  • Stephanie Winans OAB
  • Stephanie Winans OAB
  • Stephanie Winans Bundoo
  • Stephanie Winans Bundoo
  • Stephanie Winans Radio Ink Convergence
  • Stephanie Winans Bundoo
  • Stephanie Winans Bundoo
  • Stephanie Winans Radio Ink Convergence
  • Stephanie Winans WABB
  • Stephanie Winans Bundoo
  • Stephanie Winans Morning Show Bootcamp
  • Stephanie Winans WABB
  • Stephanie Winans Radio Ink Convergence
  • Stephanie Winans Radio Ink Convergence
  • Home
  • About
  • Work
  • Press
  • Blog
  • Hello

Copyright © 2019 · Stephanie Winans

Enter your name, email address and a message.