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Entrepreneurship and investing demand distinct skills. Michael Sonnenfeldt

Name: Entrepreneurship and investing demand distinct skills. Michael Sonnenfeldt
Uploaded: 2023-12-18T21:53:56+00:00
Duration: 38 s
Channel: Bob Fraser
Description: In this brief excerpt from a YouTube video, Michael Sonnenfeldt explains that the qualities required to be a successful entrepreneur differ fundamentally…

18 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief excerpt from a YouTube video, Michael Sonnenfeldt explains that the qualities required to be a successful entrepreneur differ fundamentally from those needed to be a competent investor. He argues that entrepreneurs are primarily idea-driven, creative, and emotionally attached to their concepts. Because they immerse themselves deeply in every aspect of their own business, they possess a unique, intimate understanding that enables them to assess risk in ways investors cannot. The segment highlights the contrast between the creative, hands‑on nature of entrepreneurship and the more detached, analytical approach typical of investing.

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The nature of what it takes to be a great entrepreneur and what it takes to be a competent investor turn out to be incredibly different. Many people would say, aren't they just kind of the same? But it turns out that the skills and very nature of people who are entrepreneurs tend to be idea people. They tend to have creative ideas. They tend to get emotionally attached to the best of their ideas because if they're really good entrepreneurs, they know every single thing that knowable about this little business that they've created. So they're in a unique position to assess risk.