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Chief of Instagram Kevin Systrom recently told the Financial Times that his required eight hours of sleep was “terrible for an entrepreneur.” Systrom, obviously a smart guy when it comes to business–Facebook just paid a cool $1 billion for his fledgling photo-sharing app company–was actually dead wrong in this assumption. In fact, sleep is critically important, not only to the basic function of the brain, but to the type of thinking skills that can make or break an entrepreneur or businessperson.

Most people have heard that lack of sleep is linked a host of health problems, from weight gain and getting sick more often to sexual dysfunction and early death. No one wants any of these things to befall them, and while we’re staving them off with a good night’s sleep, here are the reasons that getting adequate sleep will also enhance your business prowess.

To read the full, original article click on this link: Top 5 Reasons Entrepreneurs Need A Good Night's Sleep - Forbes