Passion and uncertainty in successful entrepreneurial action

This research seeks to explore how, when and why obsessive passion is good for business. It is argued that successful entrepreneurial action requires entrepreneurs have an obsessive passion for their business. It is the obsessive nature of their passion that makes the entrepreneur willing to accept the perceived uncertainty inherent in entrepreneurship and contributes to successful entrepreneurial action. Thus obsessive passion is a necessary but insufficient determinant of entrepreneurial success. However obsessive passion has a dark side and those entrepreneurs exhibiting self-reflection and insight are able to moderate the less adaptive outcomes of their obsessive passion.