Famous Entrepreneurs
Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs
Famous Startups
What's your type?
Traits and Skills
100

Founded a space company that partnered with NASA and founded the first all-electric vehicle startup company.

Who is Elon Musk?

100

“[This characteristic] gives birth to something new. For without [this characteristic], there is no innovation possible.”

What is creativity?

100

This company is an online taxi service from an app on your phone. Its biggest competitor is Uber

What is Lyft?

100

A person focused on solving social problems and attempting to make the world a better place through their business.

Who is a social entrepreneur?

100

What kind of attitude must an entrepreneur have to be successful?

What is a positive attitude?

200

Appears on Shark Tank, has an estimated net worth of $4.6 billion, and is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks.

Who is Mark Cuban?

200

“[This characteristic] is a quality which all good entrepreneurs must possess. An entrepreneur’s mannerisms and behavior with their employees and clientele goes a long way in developing the culture of the organization.

What is professionalism?

200

This company was founded by Jessica Alba to have environmentally friendly cosmetics and children's hygiene products.

What is The Honest Company?

200

An unincorporated business with more than one owner.

What is a partnership?

200

What should an entrepreneur be curious about in the world?

What is everything around them?

300

This founder dropped out of Harvard University to pursue his new and successful social media startup Facebook.

Who is Mark Zuckerberg?

300

“[This] ability is essential for an entrepreneur. Without the will to explore the unknown, one cannot discover something unique. And this uniqueness might make all the difference.

What is risk taking?

300

This company has a website where you can rent vacation homes.

What is Airbnb?

300

A popular ownership structure for small businesses that decreases legal and financial liability.

What is a Limited Liability Company (LLC)?

300

Who should be an entrepreneur’s support system and motivation?

What is themselves?

400

The founder of an online bookstore which was working out of a garage called Amazon. It soon evolved into the largest e-commerce company in the world.

Who is Jeff Bezos?

400

“Your work should be your [this characteristic]. So when you work, you enjoy what you’re doing and stay highly motivated. [This characteristic] acts as a driving force, with which, you are motivated to strive for better.

What is passion?

400

his company is an app where you can share, save and organize your interests on “boards”.

What is pintrest?

400

Highly established businesses that grows from smaller companies it has bought.

What is big business entrepreneurship?

400

How often should an entrepreneur take risks?

What is all the time?

500

The founder of a computer and software company in 1975 that was based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico until 1979 where it moved to Redmond, Washington.

Who is Bill Gates?

500

“[This characteristic] is strategizing the whole game ahead of time. It basically sums up all the resources at hand and enables you to come up with a structure and a thought process for how to reach your goal.

What is planning?

500

This company will deliver food to your doorstep.

What is Doordash?

500

A corporation with less than 100 shareholders and has the benefits of pass-through taxation, where owners of the business pay income taxes for their share of the business.

What is an S corporation?

500

What kind of schedule does an entrepreneur run on?

What is a flexible schedule?

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