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Background: Entrepreneurship is considered one of the most important contribution to the economic development of a fast-developing nation like India. The role of psychology is immense in the field of Entrepreneurship development. Aim: To study and analyze the skills for successful entrepreneurship in psychological perspective. Methods: Mixed and multimethod research that incorporates survey regarding the essential skills of an entrepreneur; exploration of the existing syllabus for the entrepreneurship development programs offered by various educational institutes and qualitative analysis of the interviews of successful entrepreneurs. Results: The analysis of the syllabuses, interviews from successful entrepreneurs and the survey reports indicate the need for the 12 skills listed by the researcher, important for a person to be a successful entrepreneur, to make the start-up get well established. Reports show case the minimum attention given to the skills in the existing syllabuses of various courses pertaining to entrepreneurship development.