Do You Have What It Takes to Start Your Own Business?

What qualities do successful small business owners have in common? A new survey by Deluxe Corp. sought to find out by asking entrepreneurs about their history, attitudes and characteristics that led to business success. How do you measure up? According to Deluxe:

•     Small business owners are optimists. You’ll deal with lots of setbacks and obstacles in your
  road to business success, so you need to have a positive outlook. In the Deluxe survey, a whopping 86 percent of respondents believe they can do anything they set their minds to.
•     Small business owners are comfortable with failure. The road to business success is paved
  with failures, but that’s OK for entrepreneurs in the study. More than three-fourths (77 percent) say they would rather learn from failure than never try at all.
  
•     Small business owners keep it all in the family. Having family members who have run businesses is a common thread among successful small business owners. Whether it’s learning the ropes of business success at an early age or simply being exposed to the realities of entrepreneurship that makes the difference, more than three-fourths (76 percent) of small business owners Deluxe polled have a family member who owned a small business.
•     Small business owners like to be in charge. More than half (54 percent) of entrepreneurs in the survey say they started their companies because they wanted to work for themselves instead of having a boss. A majority (89 percent) described themselves as leaders.
•     Small business owners like to get things done. You may be dreaming about starting a business, but for business success, you need to take the next step. Seventy-eight percent of entrepreneurs in the survey describe themselves as doers and 80 percent say they’re practical (80 percent).

Source: http://foxbusiness.com