# Prof. Jeffrey Carr on what drives entrepreneurs' success

1 Faculty News May 15, 2012 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_033845.jpg?itok=vK1779N7)>

Excerpt from [Portfolio](http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/entrepreneurship/2012/05/15/jeffrey-carr-says-passion-and-profit-driven-entrepreneurs-are-the-same) -- "'If you can identify personal motivations and personal objectives, and you can integrate that into running your own business—that’s great. If you’re motivated by profit and want to start a million-dollar company and sell it off, that’s great too,' said [Carr](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jeffrey-carr)."

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