Some of your friends are doing it. People who do it are in the front pages and web almost every day.
Even President
Obama is talking about it. So should you do it? Should you join the
millions of people every year who take the plunge and start their first
ventures? I've learned in my own years as an entrepreneur — and now an
entrepreneurship professor — that there is a gut level "fit" for people
who are potential entrepreneurs. There are strong internal drivers that
compel people to create their own business. I've developed a 2–minute
Isenberg Entrepreneur Test, below, to help you find out. Just answer yes
or no. Be honest with yourself — remember from my last
post: the worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves.
- I don't like being told what to do by people who are less capable than I am.
- I like challenging myself.
- I like to win.
- I like being my own boss.
- I always look for new and better ways to do things.
- I like to question conventional wisdom.
- I like to get people together in order to get things done.
- People get excited by my ideas.
- I am rarely satisfied or complacent.
- I can't sit still.
- I can usually work my way out of a difficult situation.
- I would rather fail at my own thing than succeed at someone else's.
- Whenever there is a problem, I am ready to jump right in.
- I think old dogs can learn — even invent — new tricks.
- Members of my family run their own businesses.
- I have friends who run their own businesses.
- I worked after school and during vacations when I was growing up.
- I get an adrenaline rush from selling things.
- I am exhilarated by achieving results.
- I could have written a better test than Isenberg (and here is what I would change ....)
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Author: Daniel Isenberg
