Entrepreneurs should be certain to focus on mastering certain skills in order to succeed in business. These skills include mastering communication, sales, finance, management and leadership. Irvin Goldman provides advice on why having each of these skills matters for a thriving entrepreneur growing his or her business.

1. 5 SKILLS EVERY
ENTREPRENEUR
SHOULD MASTER
IRVIN GOLDMAN
AND WHY
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2. Which skills are the most important for
entrepreneurs to have in order to
succeed in business?

3. Communication skills.

4. Communication skills.
Sales skills.

5. Communication skills.
Sales skills.
Financial skills.

6. Communication skills.
Sales skills.
Financial skills.
Management Skills.

7. Communication skills.
Sales skills.
Financial skills.
Management Skills.
Leadership skills.

8. Communication Skills

9. In order to juggle investors, employees and their co-
founders, entrepreneurs need to master their communication
skills.

10. In order to juggle investors, employees and their co-
founders, entrepreneurs need to master their communication
skills.
Communication skills are key to growing a business and
dealing with both the day to day and big picture occurrences.

11. Sales Skills

12. Sales skills are key to the successful entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurs have to get used to selling their products and
ideas in order to secure funding, customers and top
employees.

13. Sales skills are key to the successful entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurs have to get used to selling their products and
ideas in order to secure funding, customers and top
employees.
How would an entrepreneur survive in business without
proper sales skills? He or she wouldn't. An entrepreneur has
to be convinced of the idea and ultimately the product or
service that is born from it.

14. Financial Skills

15. You don't need to be a math whiz, but
you do need to have a decent financial
understanding of how to run a business.

16. You don't need to be a math whiz, but
you do need to have a decent financial
understanding of how to run a business.
Financial knowledge is crucial. The better
understanding you have of it, the more
comfortable you will be making decisions
about the operations of your business.

17. Management &
Leadership Skills

18. In order to be a successful entrepreneur, both management
and leadership skills are imperative.

19. In order to be a successful entrepreneur, both management
and leadership skills are imperative.
Why management?

20. In order to be a successful entrepreneur, both management
and leadership skills are imperative.
Why management?
Why leadership?

21. In order to be a successful entrepreneur, both management
and leadership skills are imperative.
Why management?
Why leadership?
There is a difference between knowing how to manage and how to lead,
but both are key. Know how to inspire employees to step up to their
roles in the company, but manage the overall company direction. Think
big picture strategies and business growth.

22. Good luck to young and experienced entrepreneurs.
Mastering these skills will help you reach your
business goals!
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