So you want to be an entrepreneur? You aren’t alone! In a 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor U.S. report issued by Babson and Baruch Colleges, the percentage of adults involved in startups hit 13 percent in 2012, a record high since Babson began tracking entrepreneurship rates in 1999. Optimism is also on the rise, with a hefty 43 percent of Americans reporting that they believe there are good opportunities for entrepreneurship, up by more than 20 percent since 2011.
Yet, despite the plethora of amazing ideas and good intentions behind many of these startups, history tells us that the majority of them will eventually fail. As an entrepreneur who has spent the past two decades working in the hospice industry – and more recently, in the area of motivational leadership – I’ve been involved in a dozen startup businesses.
Source: https://www.entrepreneurshipsecret.com/the-6-es-of-entrepreneurship-what-it-takes-to-succeed-in-the-land-of-startups/