Could you be a successful entrepreneur? Three intriguing attributes might help

Though the most successful founders are usually good people, they tend to have a piratical gleam in their eye. They're not Goody Two-Shoes type good. Morally, they care about getting the big questions right, but not about observing proprieties. That's why I'd use the word naughty rather than evil. They delight in breaking rules, but not rules that ... See more

This standardized advice fails to account for what makes entrepreneurship so powerful in the first place: the unique combination of gifts, perspectives, and approaches that each person brings to their business. When we apply one-size-fits- all formulas to wildly different entrepreneurs, we shouldn't be surprised when the results vary dramatically.

Entrepreneurs think they are better than their resumes show and realize they can make more money by going it alone.