Tim DraperFounder and Managing Partne, Draper Associate · I back the ideas that look crazy first

What Do you look for in an Entrepreneur? #shorts

18 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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An entrepreneur needs obsessive focus on solving a real problem and cockroach-level resilience. That obsession and ability to fail and get back up lets you rally co-founders, attract customers, and draw investors who believe in what you're building.

What do you look for in an entrepreneur? I think just an obsession with solving a problem versus, oh, I'm just going to try this out and let's see what it does. You've got to be obsessed. And yesterday you heard this term cockroach and failing and falling and getting up again. It's all about that, but some obsession, because if you have that obsession, you carry others with you. Co-founders join you, customers join you, investors come to your cap table with you, and you've got to be able to excite them and really believe in that. So I think it's an obsession with the problem that carries everybody with you.