Narcissistic? Maybe some are. Maybe even many are. I don't have data to say one way or the other, but even if we assume that most entrepreneurs are narcissistic, I highly doubt it's a requirement.
My own view on business is that the fundamental point is to provide something of value to other people. The focus is not on me, but on them... what can I do to improve their life? What service or product can I provide that will help someone else?
To break out of the standard pattern of getting a job and working anonymously in an office would certainly require confidence in yourself, that you have something you can provide to others yourself, not just as an employee of another company. Perhaps narcissistic people tend to find it easier to break out of that pattern and into their own business, but if obsession with oneself ever does lead to successful business, I suspect it's a correlation at best, not a causation.
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Narcissistic? Maybe some are. Maybe even many are. I don't have data to say one way or the other, but even if we assume that most entrepreneurs are narcissistic, I highly doubt it's a requirement.
My own view on business is that the fundamental point is to provide something of value to other people. The focus is not on me, but on them... what can I do to improve their life? What service or product can I provide that will help someone else?
To break out of the standard pattern of getting a job and working anonymously in an office would certainly require confidence in yourself, that you have something you can provide to others yourself, not just as an employee of another company. Perhaps narcissistic people tend to find it easier to break out of that pattern and into their own business, but if obsession with oneself ever does lead to successful business, I suspect it's a correlation at best, not a causation.