Thinking About Entrepreneur Commonalities

One of my favorite types of books is entrepreneur biographies. After reading The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, it drove it home to me that every entrepreneur’s style is different. There’s no one-size-fits-all. There’s no best personality type. Every entrepreneur approaches things differently and shapes the world to their style.

While the styles are different, there are entrepreneur commonalities:

• Persistence – Adversity and challenges are everywhere but they are especially prevalent when trying to change the world
• Grand Ambitions – Perhaps it’s revisionist history but the stories present the entrepreneurs as having large dreams from the beginning
• Willingness to be Misunderstood – When venturing out with a new idea most people don’t think much of it but entrepreneurs are happy to keep moving things forward even with others doubting
• Amazing Timing – Timing is the most difficult but one of the most important things to get right

Introverted or extraverted? It doesn’t matter. Micromanager or hands-off? It doesn’t matter. Entrepreneur commonalities are more about the big picture and less about specific personality styles.

What else? What are some more entrepreneur commonalities?