Diane GardnerFounder, Adept Business Solutions · Profit First Professional

The One Trait Every Entrepreneur Needs

17 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief interview segment, Speaker A reflects on the importance of persistence in entrepreneurship, noting that many successful entrepreneurs keep going despite setbacks, while they themselves tend to abandon ideas after a failure. Speaker B challenges this self‑assessment, pointing out that the same relentless drive the speaker shows toward their children suggests an underlying persistence that could be applied to business. The conversation highlights the tension between learning quickly from failure and the value of sustained effort, using personal observation as a lens to explore the trait of perseverance in entrepreneurs.

I think that's what I find fascinating is that he just kept going. And quite a few of the entrepreneurs we want to talk about today just kept going. And I'm curious about that trait. I don't think I have that trait. I am somebody who like feels like they quickly learn from a failure. Okay, nope, was not supposed to do that, which is such a missed opportunity. It's exactly the missed opportunity for entrepreneurs.
I agree and disagree with like your own assessment of yourself. And, and I see this in myself. I think there's things that maybe a fear or there's a reason that you don't take it on. But I also watch you with your own children, not stalky watching, but I observe from afar and it is clear you will not quit on your kids.
Oh no, that's true. I guess it depends on— that's the thing, I guess, right? I guess that's the thing. You find the thing that you know to be of value and go forward.
This is such a huge part of your life's purpose. And so If anything got— any obstacle got in the way, any failure, any challenge presented itself with your children, if there's anyone I'm going to go to, it's Amy Kartelli, because she's going to see it through. And I wonder if Edison, and I wonder if all these entrepreneurs we're about to talk to, had that visceral, profound connection with that thing.