Characteristics Of Successful Entrepreneurship

The definite of successful entrepreneur, it might be concern about understanding to have business successful, from the view of Carland et al. (1984, p.358) defined the owner of small business is people who establishes and manages business for the main objective to support personal aims. On the other hand, Garland et al. (1984, P.358) gives an entrepreneur is people who establishes and manages business to consider profit and growth by creative behaviour and management. These two views can be composed to the purpose of entrepreneur is beneficial and growth, while the purpose of small business owner is more individual goals.

According to Rabechini Jr (2005), the difference of owner business and manager is how to do when faced the problem. The best ways to solve the problems confronted with an organisation is to dare. For example, in case of the small restaurants that sell take away food when manager get a problem from customer, then a manager cannot decide how to do for this situation but the owner can make decision for judge how to solve a problem. So, this situation means if a manager does not have capacity to manage, it would be failure about business too.

The characteristic of an entrepreneur is no specific to describe. It could be agree that there is a human behavior which need to be a complete discipline and can be patient for every stressful (Baron, 1998). There are many characteristics said by Soo (1999) that “The Top Ten Characteristics Today’s Entrepreneurs Share”

1. Recognize and take advantage of opportunities

2. Resourceful

3. Creative

4. Visionary

5. Independent thinker

6. Hard worker

7. Optimistic

8. Innovator

9. Risk Taker

10. Leader

However, it could be argued that how to make the business work is depend on the rea...

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...from ranges of aspects to thinking leadership as a cooperate management by groups of members, society, suppliers or buyers in organizations and so on. Thus, clearly to specify the leader is an individual who manage, control and make decisions in organization to get successful on business.

In term of small business, to determining success the critical factors for small company explored by Steiner and Solem (1988) that related background management and exposure, adaptability in work and know competitive advantages by ownership. By the way, it depends on performance also as good communication, service mind, good creative idea, ability to reduce business risk , flexibility, friendly but role in manager too that can manage organisation and ability to work long hours. These are a lot of factors that can be successful, while not at all that many entrepreneurs can do it.