Research shows that the majority of successful entrepreneurs actually grew up in wealthy families and had access to resources (read the report ‘What Makes an Entrepreneur?’ by David G. Blanchflower and Andrew J. Oswald: http://www.andrewoswald.com/docs/entrepre.pdf). More often than not, they had startup capital, accounting and legal support, and safety-nets in place if they failed. All these resources allowed them to get going – personality traits, desire and goals didn’t make as much difference to success as having resources did.
