Take the Entrepreneurship Test

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Daniel Isenberg, in an article in Harvard Business Review, tells us: “I've learned in my own years as an entrepreneur — and now an entrepreneurship professor — that there is a gut level ‘fit’ for people who are potential entrepreneurs”.

So he developed a 20 yes-or-no question test to conclude if you have the traits of a born entrepreneur.

Be honest when answering: the worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves.

Source: Harvard Business Publishing

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