Do You Have the DESIRE to Succeed?

I’ve long suspected that business success, like any noble endeavor, ultimately depends on DESIRE.

Skeptical?

Here’s a question: What’s the one indispensable component for building a successful business?

Is it IDEAS? 

Nope. Ideas are everywhere. Since 1968, attempts to create a tablet included the Dynabook, the GRIDPad, and the Apple Newton, yet it took Steve Jobs’ determination to make the iPad a success in 2010.

The same goes for electric cars. Prototypes date back to 1881 with Gustave Trouvé’s adapted tricycle. Yet it took Elon Musk’s passion to bring electric cars to the masses with Tesla.

How about CAPITAL? 

IKEA was founded by a 13-year-old Swedish farm boy. Recent examples of bootstrapped success include MailChimp, GoPro, Patagonia, and Craigslist. Meanwhile, 7 out of 10 venture-funded companies fail, while…