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• The Ownership Mindset: A Handbook for Transforming Your Life and Leadership offers practical advice for empowering employees with a shift in mentality that yields impressive and durable growth within companies and employees.
• It is available now via Amazon , Barnes & Noble , Amplify Publishing , and more.
• To an owner, a business is more than a source of income, it's part of their identity.
• It's the conscious development of this mindset—learning to "think like an owner"—that makes the difference between paycheck players and top performers.

• But these traits aren’t just interesting side notes to these founders’ stories: confidence and calmness, along with other qualities such as a love of adventure, can have a big impact on startup success.
• And common investor wisdom attributes this to either supply side (novel products) or demand side (market interest or “hot sectors”) factors.
• While our new research shows all these elements are important, it reveals that the personalities of founders are actually the most influential factor in startup success.

AI uncovers the x-factor: founder personality

• Using AI algorithms, we applied the “five-factor” model – a psychology theory that divides personality into five main groups – to analyse startup founders worldwide.
• After comparing data on thousands of successful founders to information about employees, we discovered that entrepreneurs exhibit very different combinations of personality traits to everyone else.
• Based on our findings, we have identified six distinct founder personality types: leader, accomplisher, operator, developer, fighter and engineer.
• Each type has its own combination of subtle personality traits, for example, operators value orderliness and fighters are emotionally sensitive.
• Founder personality traits Many of these personality types are thriving in the real-life startup world.

The power of diversity

• Canva’s three co-founders are a great example of this.
• And these findings are likely to hold in other settings too: team performance is shaped by the right combination of different personalities.

• Honouring the resilience and spirit of Canada's small business owners and entrepreneurs, the Small Business Summit 2023 is set to be a beacon of motivation, learning, and partnership.
• Mark your calendars for October 23rd, 2023, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, aligning with Canada's Small Business Month celebrations.
• Whether you're just starting out, scaling up, or are a stalwart in your sector, the CanadianSME Small Business Summit 2023 is the place to gather insights, build networks, and embrace the future.
• We've seen technology change the lives of small business owners dramatically – first with cloud accounting, automation, and now AI.

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