Successful entrepreneurs share common traits that help their businesses succeed, according to the document. These key qualities include confidence in themselves and their abilities, creativity in developing solutions, determination to overcome challenges through learning, competitiveness to promote their business above others, strong communication skills to engage customers and employees, and a genuine passion for their work.

1. Q U A L I T I E S O F
S U C C E S S F U L
E N T R E P R E N E U R S
G R A H A M Z A H O R U I K O

2. Around 30% of new businesses will fail within
the first two years of opening. 50% of them
will close during the first five years and 66%
during the first 10.
Despite these statistics, though,
many businesses will succeed,
often with a successful
entrepreneur at the helm. Many
of these entrepreneurs obtain
the same traits and qualities.

3. C O N F I D E N C E
S U C C E S S F U L E N T R E P R E N E U R S K N O W
T H E M S E L V E S A N D K N O W H O W T O R E A D
O T H E R S . T H E Y D O N ’ T Q U E S T I O N T H E I R
W O R T H O R T H E I R A B I L I T Y T O T H R I V E . T H E Y
T R A N S F E R T H A T C O N F I D E N C E I N T O T H E I R
B U S I N E S S E S , W I L L I N G I T T O P R O S P E R .

4. C R E A T I V E
H A V I N G T H E A B I L I T Y T O T H I N K
C R E A T I V E L Y A N D O U T - O F - T H E -
B O X R E S U L T S I N S A I D
E N T R E P R E N E U R D E V E L O P I N G N E W
S O L U T I O N S T O M E E T C U S T O M E R
D E M A N D A N D E V E N
R E P U R P O S I N G P R O D U C T S F O R
T H E M A R K E T I N N E W I N D U S T R I E S .

5. D E T E R M I N A T I O N
S U C C E S S D O E S N O T C O M E W I T H O U T F A I L U R E , B U T
S U C C E S S F U L E N T R E P R E N E U R S L O O K A T T H E I R O B S T A C L E S
H E A D O N A N D W O R K T O O V E R C O M E T H E M . D I F F I C U L T
C H A L L E N G E S O R D E F E A T D O N O T E A S I L Y T H W A R T T H E M .
I N S T E A D , T H E Y T A K E T H E S E C H A L L E N G E S A N D L O S S E S A S A
L E A R N I N G O P P O R T U N I T Y F O R F U T U R E S U C C E S S .

6. C O M P E T I T I V E
N E W B U S I N E S S E S A R E O F T E N
F O R M E D B E C A U S E A N
E N T R E P R E N E U R B E L I E V E S T H E Y
C A N D O A B E T T E R J O B T H A N
A N O T H E R . T H E W I L L N O T O N L Y
H I G H L I G H T T H E I R B U S I N E S S E S
S U C C E S S B U T W I L L A L S O B E T H E
T O P P R O M O T E R F O R T H E C O M P A N Y
A S W E L L .

7. C O M M U N I C A T I O N
T H E A B I L I T Y T O B U I L D R E L A T I O N S H I P S A N D T A L K T O
P E O P L E I S O N E O F T H E T O P Q U A L I T I E S O F
S U C C E S S F U L E N T R E P R E N E U R S . T H I S R E Q U I R E S
E X C E L L E N T C O M M U N I C A T I O N S K I L L S T O E N T I C E
C U S T O M E R S W I T H T H E I R P R O D U C T O R S E R V I C E , A S
W E L L A S M O T I V A T E T H E I R E M P L O Y E E S .

8. P A S S I O N
S U C C E S S F U L E N T R E P R E N E U R S A R E
P A S S I O N A T E A N D G E N U I N E L Y L O V E
T H E W O R K T H E Y D O . T H E Y
W I L L I N G L Y P U T I N E X T R A H O U R S A T
T H E O F F I C E T O E N S U R E T H E
B U S I N E S S S U C C E E D S . T H E Y W I L L
A C T I V E L Y R E A D A N D R E S E A R C H
H O W T H E Y C A N I M P R O V E T H E
B U S I N E S S .

9. M A N Y
T H A N K S
W W W . Z A H O R U I K O . C O M