Oprah Winfrey: The Skeptical Entrepreneurs

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1. The skeptical entrepreneur
This entrepreneur sees the success of others and immediately starts to question it.
They examine that person's business and looks for the “lucky” breaks, or inheritance they think that successful entrepreneur received. 2. The copycat entrepreneur
This entrepreneur sees the success of others and tries to copy them exactly. Their website is the same, their business cards are the same, and the way they present themself is the carbon copy of a leader in their industry.
Take Pat Flynn of the popular blog Smart Passive Income. Since
Pat became popular, there has been a whole wave of people that copy him line-for-line.

1. Oprah Winfrey
I think Oprah Winfrey has one of the most amazing modern rags-to-riches stories …show more content…

Stations managers were impressed with her oration and passion, leading Oprah to work her way up the ranks to bigger radio stations, eventually resulting in her appearing on TV as well.
2. Walt Disney
Walt Disney started of as a farm boy drawing cartoon pictures of his neighbor's horses for fun. When he was older, Walt tried to get a job as a newspaper cartoonist, but was unable to find one and ended up working in an art studio where he created ads for newspapers and magazines. Eventually he grew to work on commercials, became interested in animation, and eventually opened his own animation company.
Disney was wildly successful with his animation company, but he wasn't satisfied. He was determined to make the biggest and greatest theme park ever seen, saying to a colleague, "I want it to look like nothing else in the world."
3. J.K. Rowling
Today J.K. Rowling is a household name for fans of the beloved Harry Potter book series, but she wasn't always gifted with magic. The fact is, J.K Rowling was at her rope's end before her misfit gang of witches and wizards saved her. Before her bestseller cast a spell on readers, J.K. Rowling was living on welfare and struggling to get by as a single

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