Innate talent and not long years of business experience is the key to entrepreneurial success, three quarters of independent business people have told a new survey.
Two thirds of the entrepreneurs told the Business Link for London survey that their successes were entirely due to their own determination to succeed.
"[Entrepreneurs] are likely to be leaders who use their charisma and creativity to inspire others into making their idealised plans for the future become reality," said Dr Sandi Mann, a psychologist at the University of Lancashire.
"Entrepreneurs also seem to be in the 'right place at the right time' - something that others may ascribe to luck.
"But, whilst there is always an element of Lady Luck, these successful business people are skilled at recognising opportunities, at sensing the mood of the moment and, just as importantly, having the self-belief to take the risks that others may fear."
Almost a third of those surveyed said that they believed men were more suited to being entrepreneurs than women, but 60 per cent said that they were more creative than logical.
