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Do You Have the Personality to Manage a Startup? 你具备创业的品质吗？ A while back, when a startup founder mentioned to me that he wasn’t sure he had the personality to be an entrepreneur, I realized how important that insight was. My first thought is that if you are more annoyed than energized by expert advice, team suggestions, and customer input, then you should probably avoid this line of work. 前段时间，有个创业者向我提及，说他不确定自己是否具有成为企业家的品质，这让我意识到，领悟到这一点很重要。我的第一反应是如果你觉得专家意见、团队建议、客户意见这些给你带来的烦恼多过激励，那么你真的应该躲开这条工作路线。 Actually, it’s more complicated than that, but that’s a good start. After working with entrepreneurs for almost a decade now, I have developed a good “radar” to quickly recognize mentalities that will likely pass the test of investors, employees, and customers. 实际情况远远没这么简单，不过这是一个好的开始。经过与企业家一起工作了差不多有十年，现在的我给自己安装了一个“好雷达”，能够迅速判断出哪些品性有可能通过投资者、雇主和顾客的测试。 But it’s easier for me to look in from the outside than it is for you to look out. So here is a list of mentality characteristics which I believe are absolutely necessary for you as an entrepreneur to see in yourself. On the other hand, if you see any of these causing you stress and discomfort, you probably won’t be happy in the role of entrepreneur: | 
