Q. What quality or skill is the most critical to success as an entrepreneur?

It helps to be dumb and scared.
-Lance Morgan

Tenacity is key because it keeps you going during tough times, but it must be tempered because sometimes you need to back down or walk away.
-John Stollenwerk

Never give up. You need to be too dumb to quit.
-Laura Wakeman

You need to have the willingness to go deeply into debt.
-John Sperling

I can only speak for myself. I lack the fear gene. That's what's made entrepreneurship possible for me.
-Rhonda Kallman