Ten skills you need to have as an entrepreneur:

Passion, resourcefulness, willingness to improvise and listen to others and strong determination to succeed is what makes an entrepreneur successful. And this is what you have to keep in mind as well if you want to be a successful entrepreneur yourself.

Examples of entrepreneurial skills

• Business management skills.
• Teamwork and leadership skills.
• Communication and listening.
• Customer service skills.
• Financial skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Critical thinking skills.
• Strategic thinking and planning skills.

• Curiosity. Great entrepreneurs are tasked to discover new problems, reveal potential niche opportunities, refactor their original business process, and innovate.
• Time management.
• Strategic thinking.
• Efficiency.
• Resilience.
• Communication.
• Networking.
• Finance.

Here are five other personality traits entrepreneurs must have:

• Passion. Entrepreneurs aren’t in it for the money.
• Motivation. Entrepreneurs are dedicated to their work.
• Optimism. When you’re just starting out, it can seem like getting your business off the ground will never happen.
• Creativity.
• Risk-Takers.

5 Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur.

• Humility and self-awareness. Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin group, believes that successful entrepreneurs show humility.
• Customer orientated.
• Cost efficient.
• Highly adaptable and future orientated.
• Risk-taker and not afraid of failure.

The Big Five personality traits are extraversion (also often spelled extroversion), agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism. Each trait represents a continuum.

An Entrepreneur (ESTP) is someone with the Extraverted, Observant, Thinking, and Prospecting personality traits. They tend to be energetic and action-oriented, deftly navigating whatever is in front of them. They love uncovering life’s opportunities, whether socializing with others or in more personal pursuits.