When you hear the word Entrepreneur names like bill gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and heck even Donald Trump our current president.

It might seem like all Entrepreneurs make it big, live their dreams and have so much money they don’t know what to do with it. But in reality it’s a big struggle for many and little known facts about every Entrepreneur might make you reconsider.

Here are 4 of the common factors for every Entrepreneur so you can see if you have what it takes to become an Entrepreneur yourself.

Working Every Waking Hour and Then Some

The first thing you are going to realize when you first become a Entrepreneur is the amount of time you log into your business. This is why it is so critical for you to do what you love because you're going to be doing it every moment you are awake.

Now that does not mean you can’t take breaks go on vacation etc. But what id does mean is every moment you're not relaxing your going to be working towards your business goal. This means no more 40 hour weeks you're talking more on the lines of 80 hours a week in most cases.

Managing Others

At some point your business is going to start growing and growing to the point where you just run out of hours in a day to keep up with it. This is when you will need to hire on others but will need to do so with great caution. You need someone who will show up, reliable and cares about your business as much as you do.

What becomes hard about this process is you are the one doing the searching, interviewing, hiring and managing of this person or first few people.

This is where you hear others talk about wearing many shoes in their company. Your new hires should be able to do this as well and take on new roles.

Risk Takers

It should come as no surprise but you need to be a risk taker. You need to invest money, time and energy into your company and take risks to continue to push your company to the next level. You need to continue to do this an innovate your company in order to survive as others will be doing the same thing in your industry thus you will need to constantly try and stay ahead.

Breaking The Mold / Changing Your Mindset

Many Entrepreneurs do alright by piggybacking off of larger companies however if you really want to stand out and be a leader in your industry then you need to break the mold.

When growing up your were taught in school to do this and that and do one job to make money and then live your life. However as an Entrepreneur you seriously have to kick that out of your head and start thinking differently. One of the key factors seems to be problem solving skills. If you have these skills already then you are already way ahead of many. You can think on your toes and come up with solutions that others have not thought about yet.

Being able to break yourself of the mold and changing your mindset to be more open and fluid I feel are keys that make a successful Entrepreneur. Remember you can learn a ton but until you put it into action it means nothing so get out there and DO!