Are You An Introverted Entrepreneur?
Chris Scherpenseel, president of Microsoft’s 140-employee FRx Software subsidiary, is an amateur astronomer. “I hate to call astronomers lonely, but most people don’t want to be up at 1 a.m. when it’s cold outside,” he says.Alone is the way Scherpenseel likes it. So does his boss, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. But rather than being the exception, they have plenty of company among corporate brass in their preference for solitude.
It seems counter-intuitive, but introverts and closet introverts populate the highest corporate offices, so much so that four in 10 top executives test out to be introverts, a proportion only a little lower than the 50-50 split among the overall population age 40 and older.
What about entrepreneurs? Are you a introverted entrepreneur? I might be.
Photo by By Von Hutchins.
Arthur Chaparyan on July 14th, 2006 9:04 pm
I’m an introvert and an entrepreneur, and I have to tell you, it isn’t always easy. I have to keep pushing myself out of my comfort zone to actively go out and make new contacts. However, I have found that, over time, it gets easier to strike a balance.
Bob-o on July 15th, 2006 4:06 pm
The fact that you have a weblog pretty much tells us what type of person you are. ;) If you weren’t an introvert, you probably wouldn’t be telling anonymous people about your daily thoughts.
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