Here, eight members of Young Entrepreneur Council offer their guidance on how risk-averse entrepreneurs can get more comfortable taking risks and why doing so is important to their long-term success.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing very quickly, the only strategy that’s guaranteed to fail ...

New research indicates that risk-tolerant people are more likely to become entrepreneurs, but they’re also more likely to fail. What’s behind the phenomenon?

But here the question is: How much risk is too much? As a serial entrepreneur, I've learned that risk-taking can boost growth and lead to setbacks.

But unlike practicing entrepreneurs whose wagers have real, lifelong consequences to families and industries, we teach taking risk in the comparative safety of a classroom.

Hence, entrepreneurs who take funding from close family and friends are more likely to pursue lower-risk growth options to avoid such anticipated guilt.

Entrepreneurs, beware: Owning your own business can make it harder to get hired later People often see "going back to work" as a safety net for risk-taking entrepreneurs, these management researchers ...

Dr. Julian Lange, one of the foremost authorities on entrepreneurship, says standing still in the fast-paced technology business is not an option.

1.Risk-taking is inherent in entrepreneurship. If you aren’t prepared to take risks, you have no business being an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship is fundamentally linked to risk-taking.

But unlike practicing entrepreneurs whose wagers have real, lifelong consequences to families and industries, we teach taking risk in the comparative safety of a classroom.