Entrepreneurial Self-Assessment The following list of personal characteristics is designed to help you determine if you have what it requires to be a successful entrepreneur. Analyze yourself carefully and honestly as you answer each question. There are no right or wrong answers in this checklist. However, if most of your answers are yes, you probably have what it takes to become an entrepreneur. If you answered no to about half of the questions, you may need assistance to reinforce the areas where you are weak. If the majority of your answers are no, then entrepreneurship is likely not for you. YES NO Do I really have the desire to be my own boss rather than work for someone else? _____ _____ Am I a self-starter? _____ _____ Do I have management skills (managing finances, employees, and other aspects of the business)? _____ _____ Do I have experience in the type of business I am interested in owning and operating? _____ _____ Can I accept the responsibility of seeing things through the end? _____ _____ Am I a well-organized person? _____ _____ Do I have the desire to lead and direct others? _____ _____ Can I make decisions quickly if I have to? _____ _____ Do I have good health and the high level of energy necessary to be an entrepreneur? _____ _____ Do I have the financial resources, as well as future credit resources I need to begin? _____ _____ Can I sustain my business through the early, formative years? _____ _____ Can people (customers and employees) trust what I say? _____ _____ Do I have the need to set and achieve difficult goals and move on to other challenges? _____ _____ Do I have the desire to be innovative and creative? _____ _____
Entrepreneurial Self-Assessment The following list of personal characteristics is designed to help you determine if you have what it requires to be a successful entrepreneur. Analyze yourself carefully and honestly as you answer each question. There are no right or wrong answers in this checklist. However, if most of your answers are yes, you probably have what it takes to become an entrepreneur. If you answered no to about half of the questions, you may need assistance to reinforce the areas where you are weak. If the majority of your answers are no, then entrepreneurship is likely not for you. YES NO Do I really have the desire to be my own boss rather than work for someone else? _____ _____ Am I a self-starter? _____ _____ Do I have management skills (managing finances, employees, and other aspects of the business)? _____ _____ Do I have experience in the type of business I am interested in owning and operating? _____ _____ Can I accept the responsibility of seeing things through the end? _____ _____ Am I a well-organized person? _____ _____ Do I have the desire to lead and direct others? _____ _____ Can I make decisions quickly if I have to? _____ _____ Do I have good health and the high level of energy necessary to be an entrepreneur? _____ _____ Do I have the financial resources, as well as future credit resources I need to begin? _____ _____ Can I sustain my business through the early, formative years? _____ _____ Can people (customers and employees) trust what I say? _____ _____ Do I have the need to set and achieve difficult goals and move on to other challenges? _____ _____ Do I have the desire to be innovative and creative? _____ _____
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