'Secret of Entrepreneurial Success Starts in Childhood' ; Entrepreneurs - and the Idea of Being Entrepreneurial - Are Big News in the 21st Century Business World. But What Makes Up the Anatomy of an Entrepreneur - and Can Anyone Become One? Karen Dent Investigates.

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LIKE many trends in our celebrity-obsessed culture, TV shows have helped make entrepreneurs sexy. From Sir Alan Sugar on The Apprentice to North East-based Duncan Bannatyne on Dragons' Den, the idea of being in control of your own destiny - and making mega- bucks - has captured the collective imagination.

The Government, too, is very keen to see a new generation of wealth-creating business people to boost the economy.

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'Secret of Entrepreneurial Success Starts in Childhood' ; Entrepreneurs - and the Idea of Being Entrepreneurial - Are Big News in the 21st Century Business World. But What Makes Up the Anatomy of an Entrepreneur - and Can Anyone Become One? Karen Dent Investigates.

But can just anyone with a good idea and a bit of business savvy become the next Sir Richard Branson? Not according to Dr Adrian Atkinson, a chartered psychologist who has spent decades discovering what makes a wealth creator tick.

Dr Atkinson, chairman of business consultancy Human Factors International, reckons the seeds of a successful entrepreneurial career are sown in childhood.

"People who are wealth creators are highly competitive, emotionally stable, very driven and usually brighter than the average," said Dr Atkinson,...

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