12 Characteristics of Successful Internet Entrepreneurs

#1 Determination
The Entrepreneur: Steve Jobs (Apple/NeXt/Pixar)

#2 Innovation
The Entrepreneurs: Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Google)

#3 Frugality
The Entrepreneur: Aaron Patzer (Mint)

#4 Experimentation
The Entrepreneur: Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)

#5 Eccentricity
The Entrepreneur: Tim Ferris (FourHourWorkWeek.com)

#6 Simplicity
The Entrepreneurs: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim (YouTube)

#7 Consumer-focused
The Entrepreneur: Paul Graham (Viaweb)

#8 Iconoclastic
The Entrepreneur: Niklas Zennstrom (Kazaa/Skype/Joost)

#9 Ambition
The Entrepreneur: Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com)

#10 Focus
The Entrepreneur: Max Levchin (PayPal)

#11 Opportunism
The Entrepreneur: Tom Anderson (MySpace)

#12 Flexibility
The Entrepreneur: Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia)