Below are a number of questions dealing with your personal background, behavioural characteristics, and lifestyle patterns. Psychologists, venture capitalists, and others believe these to be related to entrepreneurial sucess. Answer each question by placing an 'X' in the space that best reflects your personal views and attitudes. The most important result of this exercise will be honest, accurate self-assessment of how you related to each of dimensions.

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Rarely or No
Mostly or Yes

What Is Your Score?

Answering this questionnaire will let you determine the extent to which your responses match those that best exemplify the spirit, attitudes, and personal views of proven, successful entrepreneurs. To determine your score, count the number of your responses that appear to be correct in Table 2.2 and mark it in Table 2.3. Your responses in Table 2.3 have also been arranged by the characteristic they are measuring (your personal background, behaviour patterns, and lifestyle factors).
SELF-ASSESSMENT: RESULTS
Your Personal Background
Your Behaviour Patterns
Your Lifestyle Factors
Total Number of Most Desirable Responses
10
10
10
10
OK

What Does Your Score Mean?

The Entrepreneurial Quiz is not intended to predict or determine your likely success or failure. However, if you answer and score the questionnaire honestly, it will provide considerable insight into whether you have the attitudes, lifestyle, and behaviour patterns consistent with successful entrepreneurship.

The higher your number of most desirable responses, the more your responses agree with those of successful entrepreneurs. High levels of agreement indicate that you may have the "right stuff" to succeed in an entrepreneurial career. You should make certain, however, that your responses reflect your real opinions and attitudes.

The word may is highlighted above because of the overwhelming importance of one particular set of attributes/characteristics: commitment, determination, and perseverance. Scoring well on the test is not necessarily a guarantee of entrepreneurial success. Anything less than total commitment to your venture, and considerable determination and perseverance, will likely result in failure, regardless of the degree to which you may possess other important attributes. Your total commitment and determination to succeed helps convince others to "come along for the ride." If you are not totally committed, both financially and philosophically, to the venture, it is unlikely that potential partners, your employees, bankers, suppliers, and other creditors will have the confidence in you to provide the level of support your business will require.