David Beisel lists the 7 Sins for would-be entrepreneurs. Not sure I completely agree on point #1. While entrepreneurs certainly need to be intimately familiar with the problems they're trying to solve, I also believe great entrepreneurs can search for great ideas. The stuff that's come out of Bill Gross and his Idealab is probably Exhibit A here. While they got a lot of flak during the dotcom boom and bust, what got lost in all of it was the great ideas (and companies) that they spawned: Goto (Overture) -- the idea of having sponsored search results was a bold one, Snap, Citysearch, and several others.
I'd also add Control to the list. While it's natural for early stage entrepreneurs to exert a great degree of control, it can make it hard to grow. So surrounding oneself with great people who share your vision and trusting them seems a lot more scalable.
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