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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.

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