Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Nine great Peyton Manning traits


If Peyton Manning were an entrepreneur, I’d like to be his angel investor. It's clear that many of the characteristics that make Manning a great quarterback would also make him a great entrepreneur. Here are nine characteristics of an entrepreneur that Manning personifies:
1. Be a visionary leader. Great entrepreneurs have the ability to see the big picture and, even more important, recognize the opportunities in that picture that other people don’t. I called this ability The Warren Buffett/Peyton Manning Secret Strategy in a 2010 CoBiz articleBuffett and Manning are both masters at having vision and seizing opportunities others never notice. What a valuable entrepreneur characteristic!
2. Have a maniacal focus. Great entrepreneurs have a maniacal focus on what’s important all the way through to the tiniest detail, especially in the early phases of building a business. Manning certainly has this characteristic; his attention to detail borders on obsessive.