Bethenny Frankel: Successful people have an 'unstoppable nature' – CNBC

Everyone has a goal they want to work towards. But the ones who are most successful have an “unstoppable nature” that sets them apart from the rest, according to self-made millionaire Bethenny Frankel.At CNBC’s Small Business Playbook virtual summit this week, Frankel discussed building her Skinnygirl ready-to-drink cocktail business from the ground up before selling it for a reported $120 million in 2011. Anyone can have a good idea, she said, but but being driven and committed to executing that idea is what will separate you from others and help you succeed.”I really realized that it’s those people that have that drive and that determination and that passion, that unstoppable nature, that’s really the true ingredient for success,” the “Real Housewives of New York” alumna told CNBC’s Sharon Epperson on Wednesday. Before founding her company, Frankel said she had no knowledge about entrepreneurship and didn’t envision working in the business world. She simply wanted a signature cocktail for herself, she said: “I had no idea that I was creating the first-ever low-calorie margarita or creating a category in ready-to-drink cocktails.”While she didn’t have any official business training, she had a drive and commitment to turn her idea into something tangible. In…
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