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Are you an Entrepreneur?

Take this quiz. It'll help you decide whether or not you are ready to go into business for yourself.

This doesn't mean you have to have all these characteristics, nor does having these traits guarantee a successful business venture.

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When it comes to leisure activities:

you always do what your friends are doing
sometimes you choose to go without them
you spend most of your time alone

You are motivated by:

challenge
money
public recognition

You believe your success depends mostly on:

others
your own skill and hard work
luck

The type of work you like doing best involves:

doing new and exciting things
stability, routine
detailed description from a superior

When faced with a tough decision, you would:

ignore it and hope the problem goes away
consult an expert
try to work it through by yourself

When someone criticizes something you have done, you will:

get very upset and drop the entire project
change what was criticized without question
consider how deserved the criticism was and make changes where needed

If given the opportunity to make a presentation to your community about something you really believe in, you would:

decline in case you made a fool of yourself
accept the offer but not devote a lot of preparation time to it
prepare your presentation and try it out on your family

When cleaning your room, you would:

not have to do much since it is already in meticulous condition
straighten it up as much as possible without losing touch with any of your most precious possessions
throw the covers over the bed and give up

If given the chance to earn a substantial reward, which of the following would entrepreneurs be most likely to do:

roll dice with a one in three chance of winning
work on the problem with a one in three chance of solving it in the time given
do neither A or B because the chances of success are so small

Money is important to entrepreneurs because:

it allows them to develop other ideas and to take advantage of opportunities
it provides an objective measure of how successful they have been
the main reason they accepted the risk of starting a venture was to achieve personal wealth
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Adapted from Project Enterprise Teacher's Resource


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