Put in your blood, sweat, tears: 5 traits of our most successful founders

An entrepreneur's sense of urgency can make them want to do everything at once, reports Tech in Asia

Since 2000, we have invested in over 50 digital companies across Asia, Europe, and the US and have seen great successes as well as the occasional spectacular failures. A few weeks after launching our VC firm, Cocoon Capital, my co-founder and I sat down and talked a bit about the largest success stories and asked the question: Did the successful founders possess certain qualities over those that failed? The answer, we think, is yes. Here are the top five traits we were able to draw from our past and ongoing success stories. Enjoy.

Trait 1: Confidence and resilience

Our good founders