In a recent post on Duct Tape Marketing, small business expert John Jansh argues:
Many of the traits that make up the entrepreneur are ingrained as habits, I suspect, knowingly or unknowingly, by our well intentioned parents and caregivers.
So this raises an interesting question. If you didn’t grow up in an entrepreneurial environment, can you be a successful entrepreneur? I think you can, but you have to recognize the skills and traits you didn’t see modeled when you are young, and find a way to model them now.
For example – i come from a family of teachers and social workers. I know how to tell a good story, and break down complex ideas into manageable bites, but I still wrestle with skills which come easily to the natural entrepreneur. So how do I compensate? I hang out with entrepreneurs who do have that background, and hang out with the, observe how they approach their business.