Entrepreneurship begins with a business idea and the success of an entrepreneur and his/her enterprise depends on how well the idea is executed and built upon. Of course, success doesn’t come instantly and Many times idea is abandoned due to challenges and initial failures but there is a class of entrepreneurs that emerges triumphant against all odds. So what is it that actually makes idea click and entrepreneurs successful? What are the various qualities that successful entrepreneurs possess? If you study the stories of successful entrepreneurs then you will find certain common elements. True, each entrepreneur is unique in his/her own way but there are some characteristics that bind them together.
To start with, you need to have a really good idea. “You have got to have a business idea that is unique. To say, I want to do that because I have seen other people do it and it works, is enough. You need to have something that isn’t obvious, and you have got to have faith in it and stick with it”. Says Shashi Reddy founder and CEO, Applabs. Indeed having faith in the idea and being passionate about it is a very important. Successful entrepreneurs are extremely passionate about there idea; they are almost obsessed with there business goal and single mindedly
Pursue their vision Swami Vivekananda the great spiritual entrepreneurs has describe the way to success very succinctly and it has relevance across domains. He says,” take up one idea. Make that one idea your life-think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. That is the way to success….” Every entrepreneur’s success can be said to be a reflection of this insightful thought.
-Bapa Sitaram
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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