INTRODUCTION

Becoming a successful entrepreneur requires so much patience and determination. This is because the process of becoming entrepreneur involves a long process towards achieving the main target of getting profitable returns and of course a success in what we are doing. According to Austrian economist Joseph A. Schumpeter (1883-1950), entrepreneurs are not necessarily being motivated by profit but also, it is also a standard of measuring achievement or success.

"An entrepreneur is someone who can take any idea, whether it be a product and/or service, and have the skill set, will and courage to take extreme risk to do whatever it takes to turn that concept into reality and not only bring it to market, but make it a viable product and/or service that people want or need," Gottlieb said.

Not all entrepreneurs are born from the same blueprint.  They are separated by different social background, geographical environment; upbringing as well as their level of education. But most of them possess some characteristics in common. These characteristics are concluded by the scholars as entrepreneurs’ traits. Our group has been assigned an assignment to study the various traits of those successful entrepreneurs. The traits include networked, open risk taker, observant, visionary, failure as an option, open culture, outcome oriented, team oriented and proactive.

In task 1 (a), we are required to give an example of an entrepreneur for each of the given traits. We also need to describe the traits relevantly to the suitable entrepreneur. This assignment is aimed to instil a better understanding about the entrepreneur traits as well as enhancing the entrepreneurial skills among the university students. There are several famous entrepreneurs including that have been chosen by our group to represent each trait given.

The entrepreneurs chose including Sergey Brin, Tony Fernandes, Dato’ Ramly Mokni, Howard Shultz, Oprah Winfrey, Tan Sri Mokhzani, Dato’ Aliff Syukri, Faridah Zakaria, and Jimmy Choo.

While in Task 1 (B), we choose Ananda Krishnan as an entrepreneur that possesses several traits that help him to become successful in business. The traits include networked, visionary, proactive, open culture and open risk taker.

All of the chosen entrepreneurs have their own specialized traits that help them to become successful in their business. It also helps them to face a lot of obstacles throughout their journey in becoming well-known entrepreneurs.