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5 Characteristics of Successful StartupTechpreneurs khalilhalilu
5 Characteristics of Successful StartupTechpreneurs khalilhalilu
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5 Characteristics of Successful StartupTechpreneurs

5Characteristics of Successful StartupTechpreneurs

 

Startuptechpreneurs are amazing people.Sometimes you wonder what they are made of. You might ask if their DNA is madeup of hard work perfectly linked to a chromosome of luck. They just seem tosucceed in everything that they do (and rake in a lot of money).

No they are not sent by alien civilizationsand they also fail in some of their endeavors. They just seem to have a littleof every talent needed, have 101% gusto to do what they do, and have alaser-guided focus to achieve their goals.

In the early days of their companies, be itin a garage or from their dorm rooms, these successful startup founders wore alot of hats. They are like the Energizer bunny doing the jobs of the chiefoperating officer, doing product design, recruiting people, and even managingPR. It is crazy how they managed to do all the duties and through their uniquetalents, they achieved success.

Here are some of those characteristics thathelp them go on with their venture, succeed with it, and make it grow:

 

Leadership

This is the most crucial characteristic ofa successful startuptechpreneur.Leadership means they served as the spark to a bright idea and transformed thedream to a reality. The leader is the starting point. He or she finds the bestpeople to be part of his team, lays down the foundations, think of the overallstrategy, and even finds the office space.

The founder of a startup is the kind of guywho invites other people to start something different and start a new company.The founder is the activator who thinks out of the box. He pursued the idea andturned it to something useful for other people.

Jason Jacobs who is behind RunKeeper is agood example of this. He was sweating it out in a marathon back in 2007 when hethought that people needed something simpler than the Nike+. To achieve hisgoals of providing an open platform for health metrics, he recruited otherpeople to join him and started a new company.

Flexibility

Bright ideas are just bright ideas. Whenyou start to churn something they do not necessarily produce something great.Founders of startups know this and easily adapt to the circumstances. If youwant to get to the top, you must know how to blend with the startup culture andbe creative to get the funding you need.

Your ideas are your dreams but this dreamshould be pliable enough so you can help shape solutions to the problems ofconsumers.

Kevin Systrom is the co-founder of Burbnwhich is the predecessor of Instagram. The app which has millions of downloadstoday did not start the way we know it. It was first designed to be ageo-location app where people can checkin and a platform where they can uploadtheir photos to share with friends. The first idea though did not take offwell. Systrom and his team had to pinpoint the strongest trait of their app.They found out that it was the photo uploading aspect that was hitting it offso what they did is get rid of all other features and moved on. Kaboom! Look atInstagram now.

Discipline

It is great that you know how to adapt tothe flow of things, but success also requires discipline. Imagine anoverwhelming need to attend to the gazillion things that need your attention.As a startup founder, you must learn how to structure your work so everyoneknows his or her roles and

responsibilities while you focus on yours.

Discipline will help you find out what theproblem is. It helps you keep your team working like a well-oiled machine.Discipline also determines how you spend time with work and still have enoughtime for family and friends.