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Poll: Is humility an important trait for entrepreneurs?

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Is humility an important trait for entrepreneurs to have? Are successful entrepreneurs humble or do they lack humility?

  1. Humility is not important

    0 points
  2. Humility is somewhat important

    0 points
  3. Humility is pretty important

    3 points
  4. Humility is very important

    0 points

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V. Important.

don't confuse ambition, audacity, etc, with lack of humility. you can be ambitious and humble.

humility helps you attract team. humility helps you delegate when you have that team. humility helps you pick your battles and focus your resources. humility attracts investors. humility helps you get customers. humility helps you ask the real questions, uncomfortable questions about your current product and how its meeting customers needs. humility helps you cope with the infinite number of small setbacks in starting up.

You need the humility to look at the facts, however daunting; and the arrogance to ignore them when they aren't relevant.

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