Touched With Fire: The Predispositions That Make Great Entrepreneurs
Dr. Michael Freeman
Professor, Psychiatrist & Co-Author of “Are Entrepreneurs Touched With Fire?”
Dr. Michael Freeman – MD, DMH, is a psychiatrist, entrepreneurship researcher and integrated behavioral healthcare systems consultant.
His groundbreaking work has forever changed our understanding of the entrepreneurial mind, and has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall St. Journal, Fortune Magazine, Inc., Entrepreneur, CNN Money, Financial Times and Bloomberg News.
As an entrepreneur and former CEO who was trained in psychology, biological psychiatry, health policy, business and public health, Dr. Freeman brings medical, psychological, strategic and operational competencies to his medical and entrepreneurial consulting practices. Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine / Mentor, The Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF / Chief Medical Officer, Trigger Health – Dr. Freeman co-authored a study on entrepreneurial personality, mood, and human factors common in StartUps: “Are Entrepreneurs Touched With Fire?”
"We need to get away from labelling mental health differences in a negative way. There are all different kinds of brains and they are all here for a reason. That reason is; different people have different strengths and different vulnerabilities. For people in business, if you’re an executive or manager or founder, you need to understand yourself and manage yourself so you can play your strong cards and have strategies to manage your weaknesses."
