Graham Zahoruiko discusses the qualities that many successful entrepreneurs have in common.

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