Could anyone have predicted the amazing success that Bill Gates, Anne Wojcicki, Jack Ma, and Byju Raveendran would see when they were just starting their businesses? What does it take to succeed as an early stage entrepreneur? How can one decide whether she has what it takes to become one? In the last couple of years, I have worked with more than 400 early stage entrepreneurs, and I‘ve come to believe that entrepreneurs are made, as opposed to born.