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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.

  1. Do you have an issue that is a major driving force behind your professional goals in life?
    Yes Undecided No
  2. Would you describe yourself as the type of person who gives up easily when faced with adversity?
    Yes Undecided No
  3. Do people who have known you since childhood describe you as the type of person who gives up easily when faced with adversity?
    Yes Undecided No
  4. Have you been successful in the past convincing others to help you to accomplish your goals?
    Yes Undecided No
  5. Do you have a desire to make the world a better place that is a stronger goal for you then your desire to earn money?
    Yes Undecided No
  6. Have you considered becoming an entrepreneur?
    Yes Undecided No
  7. Have you spent a substantial amount of time in your life considering what type of legacy you would like to leave?
    Yes Undecided No
  8. When trying to raise support for an idea, do you ever start by identifying people to form alliances with who may be sympathetic to your goal?
    Yes Undecided No
  9. If you were busy with a deadline for work and or school would you miss completing this deadline on time because you gave your own new venture/start up/new product idea a higher priority?
    Yes Undecided No
  10. Will you use your score on this test to ultimately help determine if you should become an entrepreneur?
    Yes Undecided No
  11. How many of the entrepreneurial mindset characteristics do you possess? Give yourself 1 point for each of the characteristics you possess from the list below.
    Yes Undecided No

Total Score for characteristics:

Some key characteristics of an entrepreneurial mindset

In [link] some characteristics of an entrepreneurial mindset were shared; here are additional characteristics and or similar characteristics to also consider.

Mentor Method 2

Humanitarian
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Organizing movements that can take many forms including campaigns, drives, grassroots or net roots movements, lobbying, and/or crusades for the express purpose of providing altruistic or charitable support.
Visionary
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Possessing the ability to potentially define the future by making bold unsubstantiated predictions for new enterprises while utilizing a great deal of imagination and foresight in the process.
Values-centered
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Demonstrating worthwhile qualities of leadership that are lawful, ethical, considerate, and honest in nature and intent.
Change-oriented
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Adopting a leadership style that attempts to transform the status quo by creating a new method, process or invention for accomplishing tasks.
Self-reliant
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Depending on yourself to develop solutions for the problem or challenge at hand.
Persuasive
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Able to convince others that the new organizations’ mission and goals are viable and should be adopted and supported.
Hyper-focused
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Maintaining uninterrupted attention and concentration directed at implementing the enterprise’s mission.
Passion
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Having a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and excitement over the mission and goals of the new organization.
Energetic
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Demonstrating an infinite amount of drive and an enterprising nature toward accomplishing an organization’s objectives.
When starting a new organization especially when starting a social enterprise, it requires a great deal of energy and drive to accomplish all the objectives especially given that social enterprises usually require volunteer staff and unpaid staff for resourcefulness that goes far beyond the standard needs of a traditional, long-established company.

Questions & Answers

how did you get 1640
Noor Reply
If auger is pair are the roots of equation x2+5x-3=0
Peter Reply
Wayne and Dennis like to ride the bike path from Riverside Park to the beach. Dennis’s speed is seven miles per hour faster than Wayne’s speed, so it takes Wayne 2 hours to ride to the beach while it takes Dennis 1.5 hours for the ride. Find the speed of both bikers.
MATTHEW Reply
420
Sharon
from theory: distance [miles] = speed [mph] × time [hours] info #1 speed_Dennis × 1.5 = speed_Wayne × 2 => speed_Wayne = 0.75 × speed_Dennis (i) info #2 speed_Dennis = speed_Wayne + 7 [mph] (ii) use (i) in (ii) => [...] speed_Dennis = 28 mph speed_Wayne = 21 mph
George
Let W be Wayne's speed in miles per hour and D be Dennis's speed in miles per hour. We know that W + 7 = D and W * 2 = D * 1.5. Substituting the first equation into the second: W * 2 = (W + 7) * 1.5 W * 2 = W * 1.5 + 7 * 1.5 0.5 * W = 7 * 1.5 W = 7 * 3 or 21 W is 21 D = W + 7 D = 21 + 7 D = 28
Salma
Devon is 32 32​​ years older than his son, Milan. The sum of both their ages is 54 54​. Using the variables d d​ and m m​ to represent the ages of Devon and Milan, respectively, write a system of equations to describe this situation. Enter the equations below, separated by a comma.
Aaron Reply
find product (-6m+6) ( 3m²+4m-3)
SIMRAN Reply
-42m²+60m-18
Salma
what is the solution
bill
how did you arrive at this answer?
bill
-24m+3+3mÁ^2
Susan
i really want to learn
Amira
I only got 42 the rest i don't know how to solve it. Please i need help from anyone to help me improve my solving mathematics please
Amira
Hw did u arrive to this answer.
Aphelele
hi
Bajemah
-6m(3mA²+4m-3)+6(3mA²+4m-3) =-18m²A²-24m²+18m+18mA²+24m-18 Rearrange like items -18m²A²-24m²+42m+18A²-18
Salma
complete the table of valuesfor each given equatio then graph. 1.x+2y=3
Jovelyn Reply
x=3-2y
Salma
y=x+3/2
Salma
Hi
Enock
given that (7x-5):(2+4x)=8:7find the value of x
Nandala
3x-12y=18
Kelvin
please why isn't that the 0is in ten thousand place
Grace Reply
please why is it that the 0is in the place of ten thousand
Grace
Send the example to me here and let me see
Stephen
A meditation garden is in the shape of a right triangle, with one leg 7 feet. The length of the hypotenuse is one more than the length of one of the other legs. Find the lengths of the hypotenuse and the other leg
Marry Reply
how far
Abubakar
cool u
Enock
state in which quadrant or on which axis each of the following angles given measure. in standard position would lie 89°
Abegail Reply
hello
BenJay
hi
Method
I am eliacin, I need your help in maths
Rood
how can I help
Sir
hmm can we speak here?
Amoon
however, may I ask you some questions about Algarba?
Amoon
hi
Enock
what the last part of the problem mean?
Roger
The Jones family took a 15 mile canoe ride down the Indian River in three hours. After lunch, the return trip back up the river took five hours. Find the rate, in mph, of the canoe in still water and the rate of the current.
cameron Reply
Shakir works at a computer store. His weekly pay will be either a fixed amount, $925, or $500 plus 12% of his total sales. How much should his total sales be for his variable pay option to exceed the fixed amount of $925.
mahnoor Reply
I'm guessing, but it's somewhere around $4335.00 I think
Lewis
12% of sales will need to exceed 925 - 500, or 425 to exceed fixed amount option. What amount of sales does that equal? 425 ÷ (12÷100) = 3541.67. So the answer is sales greater than 3541.67. Check: Sales = 3542 Commission 12%=425.04 Pay = 500 + 425.04 = 925.04. 925.04 > 925.00
Munster
difference between rational and irrational numbers
Arundhati Reply
When traveling to Great Britain, Bethany exchanged $602 US dollars into £515 British pounds. How many pounds did she receive for each US dollar?
Jakoiya Reply
how to reduced echelon form
Solomon Reply
Jazmine trained for 3 hours on Saturday. She ran 8 miles and then biked 24 miles. Her biking speed is 4 mph faster than her running speed. What is her running speed?
Zack Reply
d=r×t the equation would be 8/r+24/r+4=3 worked out
Sheirtina
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Source:  OpenStax, Business fundamentals. OpenStax CNX. Oct 08, 2010 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11227/1.4
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