I have spent more than two decades working with entrepreneurs and I have noticed certain common traits. My conclusions are not based on detailed studies, but observation and personal experience.

A minority of entrepreneurs does well at school and university. Many rebel and get bored in classrooms. They tend not to enjoy the rigidity of organised learning, the hierarchy of educational establishments and the theoretical nature of academia. They do not like rules, they enjoy independence and they want action, not dry words or formulas.