Characteristics of an entrepreneur | The Portfolio Partnership

Entrepreneurs Make Terrible Managers – Part 1

by Ian Smith | Nov 10, 2013 | CEO, Chief Operating Officer

But they can make great leaders! In this current chapter of my business career I’m getting invited into many businesses. Here is what I’m finding. The Symptoms People are mostly working really hard but the CEO’s big three audacious goals are not being achieved. The...

What Does An Entrepreneur Look Like?

by Ian Smith | Nov 13, 2012 | start ups

Great piece in the WSJ Report yesterday based on Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation research. Characteristics of an entrepreneur: Average and median age 40. 95.1% have bachelor’s degrees or higher. 47% have advanced degrees. Less than 1% came from extremely poor...