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What are the 3 most common personality types among successful ENTREPRENEURS ?

curiousel

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Please list the 3 types that show tendencies towards entrepreneurship. You might give an example (name of famous entrepreneur) for each type that you list.

1 being the most common.

An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of a new enterprise, venture or idea and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome.
 

lunalum

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As a very wise person on this forum once said, "you can't spell 'entrepreneur' without 'entp'"

;)

I think ESTP and INTJ would be common too. I'm not sure about the order though. I've only seen very informal sources to support these.
 

highlander

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My guess would be ENTP, ESTP, and INTJ.
 

Elfboy

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I've heard the types most likely to become entrepreneurs are ENTJ, ENTP, ENFP and ESTP with ISTP and INTJ being fairly well represented as well
 

guesswho

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"someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it"

Sounds way too familiar .... :laugh:
 

Elfboy

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the business world is abound with exeptions though, most notably Donald Trump- ISFP (Ironic as he's seen by some as the pinical of the ENTJ personality)
 

wolfy

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the business world is abound with exeptions though, most notably Donald Trump- ISFP (Ironic as he's seen by some as the pinical of the ENTJ personality)

I wondered why I enjoyed The Apprentice that much.
 

Xyk

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My older brother is born to be an entrepreneur and he's an ENFJ. He's really good at it. I don't know enough about the types other than my own to give a theoretical answer, but I think an anecdotal answer works almost half as well.
 

wolfnara

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I vote for ENFJ, ENTJ, and ESFJ
 

great_bay

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Trump is not ENTJ. I have him pinned as ESTP. He is a deal maker to the core.

Why didn't he use extroverted feeling to avoid offending people?
 

DreamBeliever

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People here talking about Trump's type... lol He's definitely extroverted. In order of the most possible types I think he could be, would be: ESTP, ENTJ, ESTJ, ESFP (with high Te). I couldn't picture him as any others. I think we would have to know him personally, though, since everyone has at least some sort of public persona.

Anyway, to answer the question at hand, I say: ENTP, ESTP, ENTJ, ENFJ, & ESFP. That's at least what I would think/could picture. The first 3 being the most likely, I'd say.
 
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