CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTREPRENEURS

A successful entrepreneur is an entrepreneur with a vision to establish a specific direction in the future. Vision is the ability to see what others cannot see and have the ability to imagine how something will grow in the future. The vision must be formed for both term, long term and short term. With the direction or clear vision, every effort is taken targeted towards achieving the vision set. In other words, sound means someone can see something that will happen over long before it really happens. For example, N. Malcolm Bricklin is a visionary entrepreneur in the automobile industry. He have over 50 years of experience in designing, engineering, manufacturing, remanufacturing, importing, distributing and marketing the car. He was a visionary when it can detect future trends long before others. He was one of the first auto industry Mavericks realize that saving, inexpensive Japanese cars can be a big influence in the United States and created Subaru, who is currently ranked 10th in the United States automobile.

Entrepreneurs also need to be able to be independent-minded and mature. An independent-minded can see, seize and analyze the opportunities available by itself. Minded entrepreneurs will always be open mind and not easily influenced by unhealthy elements for leading a successful business entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs will make the opinions of others as partners, managers and subordinates as a guide, but all decisions will be made by all interested parties thereto. Entrepreneurs should also be able to think independently and can influence his followers to follow his opinion. For example, Tan Sri Dato Loh Boon Siew is the person responsible for bringing in Honda motorcycles in Malaysia. In 1958, he traveled to Japan to eat the wind and saw a Honda motorcycle that has never been used in Malaysia and think might get a good market if brought to Malaysia. Tan Sri Dato Loh Boon Siew has decided to make a deal by ordering 12 units of motorcycles.

 

Next, an entrepreneur needs to be proactive in business. This involves proactive entrepreneurs seeking new opportunities outside the field of business operations. In other words, this proactive entrepreneurs who will act more aggressively in the behavior and actions in the business world. Proactive entrepreneurs is related to entrepreneurs who act for the initiative of the opportunities in the market, this is the act of taking the opportunity to form a new environment. This action often leads to entrepreneurial firms it became the leader in the market with competing methods of influence by building new request. For example, entrepreneurs proactive, namely retail entrepreneur Datuk Wira Dr. Haji Amer Ali bin Mydin. He was the founder Mydin during his father. Mydin supermarket is a supermarket which offers cheap prices as compared to other supermarkets.

In addition, a successful entrepreneur is someone who is knowledgeable as they need to watch closely the branches the opportunity to generate ideas or steps towards action to seize opportunities and be able solve any problems in business. Entrepreneurs will also adapt new ideas with the needs of society and the environment and will strive to improve the quality of ideas. Intelligence will assist entrepreneurs in obtaining information and using the information properly and effectively.

Furthermore, an entrepreneur who can generate new ideas and concepts can translate into products that can commercialized is a creative and innovative entrepreneurs. Which includes creative ideas triggered by entrepreneurs who can generate sophisticated and unique products. Meanwhile, innovative entrepreneurs are the characteristics that have always wanted to expand and innovate on existing products. This creative and innovative entrepreneurs themselves indispensable in the century now enjoys an advantage among the other competitors. For example the donut business, previously coated with sugar donuts are just fine but there are entrepreneurs who innovate has produced a wide range of donuts to be served with the flavors and colors in order to take the attention of the user.

    

   

     Someone also a successful entrepreneur is an entrepreneur who has the characteristics of a viable and sustainable. A viable entrepreneurs will always be a 'world leader' in his field of work. They will always be at the forefront in any circumstances whatsoever. A viable entrepreneurs will find new ideas and can integrate these ideas into the rational and creative solutions. In addition, they will also always find strategies more efficient than existing, and that is why they are always at the forefront.
      In addition, entrepreneurs must have an optimistic attitude. Optimism is characteristic of entrepreneurs who are always thinking ahead and always think positively about actions to be taken. Entrepreneurs who have these characteristics will not be pessimistic about the difficulty, hardship and adversity he faced. Entrepreneurs are optimistic perceive all the hardship and difficulties are part and parcel of business that may be taken by everyone.
         Now, Malaysia urgently needs entrepreneurs who can act as innovators. Innovators can be defined as a spirit create and inspire new concepts and ideas. Nature innovator on the entrepreneurs describe themselves that they are a smart, resourceful and always inspired. A person will always think of the changes innovate and implement the changes and reforms that are relevant and realistic. Entrepreneurs who have the innovators will always innovate and bring surprise to people because nothing like this before renewal.
         Next, the entrepreneur must possess willing to take risks. Entrepreneurs must calculate and take into account the risks that lie ahead in order to avoid the possibility of future losses. Much of the success achieved by successful entrepreneurs at this moment does not come easy but they had to deal with challenges that may affect their future.

      Finally, entrepreneurs must also have leadership qualities. These properties should be terminated and in parallel with its business vision. This is because of the nature of leadership is very important for the development of a business. For example, the entrepreneur should highlight the good nature to its employees like to hear the opinions of others and learn from them. Do not easy to criticize subordinates openly and always praised colleagues on their success in doing the job.