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10 less-than-great personality traits of entrepreneurs
- mixmax 19y agoI'm guilty of a few of those
- brk 19y agoInteresting, but hardly limited only to entrepreneurs. 99% of the people I've worked with have all exhibited at least one of these traits, and most people show 2 or more.
- kingnothing 19y agoIf you met someone who didn't have at least one of these traits, I'd be willing to bet that he might be diagnosable as a sociopath. These are all just a bunch of base human emotions, really. I think the author is simply trying to point out that he thinks entrepreneurs exhibit them to higher degrees than most people.
- rrival 19y agoWhat do I win for all 10? Brilliant: "most people will tell you $50 million, and you know they’re lying. I’m already discounting it because I’m a venture guy just like you are.” And they’d say, “Yeah, but $18 million just isn’t interesting.” So I changed my spreadsheet to say $50 million. And they said, “OK, that’s pretty interesting.” - James Currier, founder, Tickle
- yters 19y agoWoohoo! I'm an entrepreneur...mainly because I can't live in normal society. Hmm, maybe there's some causation going on here...
- jfornear 19y agoThe only thing setting entrepreneurs apart is their inclination to buckle down and make things happen. It really isn't that complicated, and all the sensationalism is just unnecessary. Though the Woz quote about being one with the computer is classic... Now I'm paranoid that I have Woz in my lap, which is dirty.
- xirium 19y agoFrom the article: 9. Dirty I describe it as a deferred garbage collect.
- thaumaturgy 19y agoThanks, that made me chuckle.
- Spyckie 19y agoIts just the other side of the same coin...