Finance expert Mike Periu on the top five, learnable skills leading Successful Entrepreneur
Target Training International recently conducted a multivariable analysis of successful serial entrepreneurs to determine which skills, traits and abilities they have in common and played a central role in their success. The results identified five skills that were most indicative of the entrepreneurial mindset, which set these winners apart from the control group.
The five skills are:
- Persuasion, defined as the ability to convince others to think like them, is the strongest skill of the entrepreneurs that participated in the study.
- Leadership, defined as having a vision and articulating it was the second skill. The entrepreneurs in the study tied this vision to specific challenges and solutions to those challenges.
- Personal accountability, defined as demonstrating initiative, self-confidence, resiliency and a willingness to take responsibility for personal actions, is also important. People that tend to blame others for failure don’t make successful entrepreneurs.
- Goal orientation, defined as energetically working towards a specific objective, task or result.
- Interpersonal skills, defined as effective communication and the ability to build rapport with others.
If you don’t have these skills don’t be discouraged; they can be learned.
Who is Mike Periu?
Mike Periu is the President of Proximo, LLC, a company that markets education and training programs to small business owners, entrepreneurs and consumers.
Mike Periu has been interviewed over 500 times for broadcasters including CNN, NBC TVE, RTE and others. Mike is a contributing author to OpenForum, Yahoo! Finanzas and the Huffington Post.
Mike graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. His degrees are in Finance and International Business. In addition to his work Mike is also on the Board of the Council for Economic Education.
Learn more about Mike Periu
Mike works with small businesses to teach them about finance and management. He started Proximo, LLC, a company that offers small business education and training services focused on finance and technology.
Periu also writes for OpenForum, Yahoo! Finanzas the Huffington Post contributor.
Mike went to Georgetown University where he studied Finance and International Business. He also serves on the Board of the Council for Economic Education and was a Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation.
