How to Be a Successful Entrepreneur
I know because I sold my first business for $100,000,000 and you can, too
“The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.” — Richard Branson
I often get asked during interviews what it is that makes a successful entrepreneur. The host is usually looking for an insightful answer that reveals something that can achieve one of two things:
It can be the secret that finally inspires them to stop doing what they clearly don’t enjoy and plunge into building a business…
Or it reveals something difficult — something they don’t have and could never have and, therefore, justifies their inner decision never to take the plunge at all.
I sometimes think that my answer usually disappoints and even comes across as vague or new age.
That is until I came across an old Richard Branson interview.
A host asked him exactly the same question and then sat back ready to be illuminated. And guess what?
Richard Branson answered exactly the same way as I do.
In fact, it made me laugh out loud.
