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Accessing Your Appetite for Risk
Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Do you passionately seek out new opportunities, are you disciplined, and do you execute well? Entrepreneurs have the ability to delegate, teach, and work with numbers. They are also self-motivated and don’t mind selling or making mistakes. Perhaps the greatest trait entrepreneurs share is persistence, the ability to forge ahead no matter the obstacles. In transforming his idea into a business, Herb Kelleher, founder of Southwest Airlines, spent more than three years and a difficult court battle to start what has now become the most profitable airline in the world. So, do you have want it takes?
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Jonathan Patton was dressed up in a suit and tie when he first visited potential customers to garner business for his new Web design company, but the budding entrepreneur quickly recognized one glaring marketing obstacle: He was 14.
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