Recent presentation related to Entrepreneur Core Characteristics Profile (ECCP) at business schools. For more information, see http://www.FounderProfile.com
1. What Makes an Entrepreneur?︎
John Bradberry︎
November 28, 2016︎
2. Agenda
• Why
Do
So
Many
Startups
Fail?
• What
Prepares
a
Founder
for
Success?
• 11
Core
Characteris<cs
• Your
ECCP
Results
–
“Peer
Clinic”
• Class
Profile
Discussion
• Going
Forward
–
GeGng
the
Most
Out
of
Your
Results
3. Most
People
Dream
of
It
Surveys:
72
percent
of
working
adults
said
they
wanted
to
start
their
own
business
(Source:
Intuit)
4. Reality
Most
ventures
close
within
5
years
of
forma<on.
7
of
10
close
within
10
years.
5. Reality
6
of
10
people
who
become
self-‐employed
go
back
to
work
for
someone
else
within
10
years.
6. Reality
The
typical
business
owner
will
earn
35%
less
over
a
10-‐year
period
than
if
he
or
she
worked
for
someone
else
during
the
same
period.
7. Reality
Two-‐thirds
of
all
owner-‐operated
businesses
earn
less
than
$10,000
in
annual
profits.
8. Business
owners
report
longer
work
hours
and
more
stress,
fa<gue,
insomnia,
depression,
and
conflict
with
spouses.
Reality
10. An
ExploraEon
• 55
hours
of
interviews
• 51
books
• 83
research
papers
• 500+
online
sites,
blogs,
magazines,
etc.
• Filtered
through
20+
years
of
experience
and
observa<on
17. Market
OrientaEon
How
viable
is
your
market
opportunity?
Math
Story
Does
your
economic
model
work?
EffecEve
ExecuEon
Can
you
make
it
happen?
Founder
Readiness
Are
you
bringing
your
absolute
best?
44. Peer
Clinic
Based
on
my
ECCP
Results:
1) What
are
my
key
strengths
as
a
potenEal
entrepreneur?
2) Where
are
my
most
relevant
gaps?
3) What
insights/strategies
would
help
me
be
most
effecEve
in
an
entrepreneurial
role?