How 21 Entrepreneurs Defined Success | Starting your own business | Scoop.it

Being an entrepreneur is like hiking in the mountain – the lower you are, the more attractive the top looks like; the higher you are, the more attractive the foot of the mountain looks like. Truth is that entrepreneurship is a mountain path full of obstacles, privation and burdens few people are ready to walk along till the end. Yet it’s easy to say "no" to distraction when there is a deeper "yes" burning within.As part of the Bulgarian Young Leaders group I had the pleasure and privilege to spend month and a half on an educational, cultural and networking exchange in the USA on a program, funded by America for Bulgaria Foundation and administered by the Institute of International Education.

 

Harvesting the opportunity to speak personally with highly successful entrepreneurs, investors and businessmen I was constantly looking for the patterns of their personal motivation to leave the safety harbor of a well paid employment status. I asked 21* of them how they define success in business and life. This is what they answered: