| Have you always dreamt of doing something on your | | | | clearly express yourself and your ideas to convince |
| own, maybe start a restaurant or an antique shop? As | | | | others of your vision - like bankers, employees and |
| you are cooking some exotic dish in the kitchen for | | | | customers. |
| your family, do you pretend you are standing in the | | | | - Discipline. |
| kitchen of your restaurant, entertaining the many | | | | You have to know when to listen and when to talk. |
| people who have been flocking it? | | | | When you need to enter a market, how long you need |
| You may have had an idea for starting a business but | | | | to be there and when you need to quit. You should be |
| been hesitant to take the plunge. Irrespective of | | | | disciplined enough to bear the market's ups and downs, |
| whether you come from a business family or not, | | | | instead of panicking at bad news and gloating at good |
| building a business from scratch requires skills and | | | | news. |
| fortitude. However, if you are convinced of your skills | | | | - Curiosity. |
| and talents and feel they are worth investing in a | | | | You want to know more and more about the world |
| business, we will tell you what the fundamental | | | | around you. You want to know how things work or |
| requirements are that go into starting a business. | | | | how they could possibly work better. You tend to read |
| Knowing what it takes | | | | up more and more about things that fascinate you. |
| There are millions of people the world over who are | | | | - Never-say-die attitude. |
| bursting with ideas for starting a business. However, | | | | You have the passion to carry through your plans, no |
| not many of them sit down and take a long look at | | | | matter what the circumstances. You will try to do your |
| whether they have what it takes to be successful | | | | very best even in the most challenging situations. |
| entrepreneur. | | | | - Interest in People. |
| Some of the important characteristics that all | | | | Finally, it is people who will matter the most. People as |
| entrepreneurs will need are: | | | | employees who will help you run your business and |
| - Vision. | | | | people as customers who will be buying from you. |
| You must have the ability to see that far away goal, | | | | You always show genuine interest and respect |
| the ultimate objective. And then, you must be able to | | | | towards all. |