Entrepreneurial Traits : Visionary

According to Dictionary.com, the word visionary means a person who is given to be audacious, highly speculative, or impractical ideas or schemes; dreamer.

In other word, a visionary thinks more on what can be done or improved in future time. For example, an environment that is more efficient, open or more collaborative. A good relevant example in business is Friendster, before the likes of MySpace, Twitter and Facebook, Friendster is the pioneer social networking websites that paved the way for others to follow into its footsteps. Although it never gain much popularity as the for customers.  All these companies share some common traits and one of it is juggernaut that Facebook is, Friendster is the first of many social networking website strong visionary.

One entrepreneur with the traits of visionary is none other than the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki. He’s a visionary because he was able to make profit of what he learns from his 2 fathers, his biological father (poor father),a highly educated government worker and his rich father (not biological), an entrepreneur who never graduated from high school. Robert Kiyosakitranslate it into a book that has now become the #1 Personal Finance book of all time.