The document discusses the key skills and traits needed to be a successful entrepreneur. It identifies five essential skills: sales and marketing skills, financial know-how, self-motivation, time management, and administration skills. The document emphasizes that entrepreneurs must identify problems people are facing and develop solutions to reduce their pain, while building a business model with integrity in order to succeed.

1. What it takes to be an Entrepreneur

3. Let’s look at a few entrepreneurs

4. Dinu Patriciu Bill Gates Michael Dell Fred Smith

6. It is important that you have a majority if not ALL these skills…WHY? In the beginning it will probably ONLY BE YOU who starts your project

12. The more skills you have to hire The harder it will be to be profitable fast The slower the journey to success

13. ONE MORE THING! You have to have a skill, service or product that someone wants enough to pay you their hard earned money

14. What made these guys successful?

15. Dinu Patriciu Bill Gates Michael Dell Fred Smith

18. Let’s do a little brainstorming Let’s identify a pain and could we solve it with a business You tell me

22. Integrity Customers have to trust you and eventually your company Employees have to trust you and eventually your company Suppliers have to trust you and eventually your company