Really great entrepreneurs have this very special mix of unstoppable optimism and scathing paranoia.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That's the classic great entrepreneur.
True entrepreneurs have to really forego almost everything; they have to put it all on the line.
Entrepreneurs are misfits to the core. They forge ahead, making their own path and always, always, question the status quo.
Entrepreneurs are like visionaries. One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing they're doing as something that's going to be the whole world.
I always read about these stories of entrepreneurs - it's like they're in the desert with no water, and they're the ones that survive. But I've been really fortunate to have people on my team who are optimistic about the future and who know that if you work through hard times that there's usually something good at the end.
The most successful entrepreneurs in the world have a combination of the right type of personality and fortunate life circumstance. A lot of them have been doing it most of their life.
Entrepreneurs cannot be happy people until they have seen their visions become the new reality across all of society.
My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction.
I think that sometimes people are frightened to take the risk of entrepreneurship.
One misconception is that entrepreneurs love risk. Actually, we all want things to go as we expect. What you need is a blind optimism and a tolerance for uncertainty.