As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation. I have to be good at helping people run the individual businesses, and I have to be willing to step back. The company must be set up so it can continue without me.
Half the art of ballooning is to make your crashes so gentle that you can fool yourself into calling them landings.
I think a lot of becoming an entrepreneur is something which people have to learn just from getting out there and giving it a go, and having to learn the art of survival.
It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.
As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation.