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Answer key for entrepreneur assessment survey
Directions: Please circle your personal response to each question. Please be sure to go with the answer that is your first choice if and when you are in doubt of how to respond.
Yes Undecided No
Score: Ten points for Yes, 0 points for Undecided and No.
Reason: One of the first steps toward creating a new company is to have a major reason or issue for your new venture's mission or goal.
Yes Undecided No
Score: Ten points for No and 0 points for Yes and Undecided.
Reason: You have to be able to continue through all the setbacks to be successful and ultimately enjoy being a social entrepreneur.
Yes Undecided No
Score: Ten points for No and 0 points for Undecided and Yes.
Reason: It typically takes a track record in life of dealing successfully with adversity to build up the confidence and credibility that comes with a No answer for this question.
Yes Undecided No
Score: Ten points for Yes and 0 points for Undecided and No.
Reason: New ventures do not have the funding to afford the staff to get work accomplished. Resourcefulness is the key to succeeding and one must possess the ability to attract and retain volunteers and non-paid experienced help at first to get the tasks completed.
Yes Undecided No
Score: Ten points for Yes and 0 points for Undecided and No.
Reason: Entrepreneurs are driven by their need to create societal wealth vs self-wealth. This desire takes precedent and priority over other goals. This does not mean that someday you might not derive a financial bonanza for the work you have been doing associated with the start up. It just means that is not what drives you today.
Yes Undecided No
Score: Ten points for Yes and 0 points for Undecided and No.
Reason: Even if it was a subconscious or passing thought, usually you have to have some propensity or interest toward becoming an entrepreneur for it to be your destiny.
Yes Undecided No
Score: Ten points for Yes and 0 points for Undecided and No.
Reason: Perhaps your legacy is something to be considered in later years. With that said it is never too soon to begin considering what type of footprint you may want to leave. If you have considered trying to leave a legacy of making the world a better place then you may a hero’s journey as your entrepreneurial path for future.
Yes Undecided No
Score: Ten points for Yes and 0 points for Undecided and No.
Reason: One of the best ways to increase your chances of being a successful entrepreneur is to enhance your credibility by forging strategic alliances and partnerships with others.
Yes Undecided No
Score: Ten points for No and 0 points for Yes or undecided.
Reason: This may appear to be a trick question. A values-centered leader would not sacrifice one important commitment for another even if it was to help a social enterprise. Part of starting a new company is demonstrating ethical and honest business leadership.
Yes Undecided No
Score: Ten points for No and 0 points for Yes and Undecided.
Reason: The truth of the matter is that if you are really meant to be an entrepreneur you do not need a test and or survey to tell you this. In fact; a true entrepreneur does not depend on others to make their decisions. Only you know your destiny; do not let anyone tell you what you can and can’t accomplish in life because statistically speaking they would not really know.
Total Score for characteristics: The goal is to score a ten for this question. Many entrepreneurs embody these entrepreneurial mindset characteristics.
Total Score for characteristics: The goal is once again to score a ten for this question as explained above. If it turns out that you have a very different score for your self-assessment of this question in comparison to what someone who has known you all your life then you need to come to an understanding why others perceive you differently then you perceive your own interests. Perhaps you are repressing or camouflaging your true interests or maybe you have changed. The reason for the difference isn’t as important as making sure you are aware of your own interests.
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Blog Back 11: Start-up Story
Blog back : Post a story or interview with an entrepreneur who possesses some of the entrepreneurial mindset characteristics you hope to develop in yourself at: (External Link) . Whether you possess confidence in your own entrepreneurial mindset or hope to enhance or inspire further development there are resources and things you can do today to build your entrepreneurial mindset!
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