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September 07, 2025 | Tom Ballard

David Cummings identifies five traits he looks for in entrepreneurs

They range from a desire to improve to a glass-half-full outlook.

David Cummings, Founder of Atlanta Tech Village and also Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Atlanta Ventures, writes in a recent column about the important traits he looks for in an entrepreneur.

Noting that “entrepreneurship is not a one-size-fits-all journey,” he still identifies five that Cummings thinks are keys. They are:

  1. A desire to improve;
  2. A unique view on risk;
  3. A chip on the shoulder;
  4. “MacGyver-level” resourcefulness; and
  5. A glass-half-full outlook.

He expounds on these traits here.



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