As an entrepreneur myself, I've been invited to guest lecture for many entrepreneurial programs in colleges from Harvard to the University of Michigan. But each time I stood before a group of aspiring entrepreneurs, I couldn't help wonder whether people could actually learn the needed skills and qualities to become a successful entrepreneur, or if those skills were inherent from birth.So, I did some research and synthesized it with my own experience as an entrepreneur and came to the conclusion that people are born with some degree of the traits and characteristics needed to be a successful entrepreneur, but that these characteristics can be improved through education and experience.
Do you have the qualities necessary to be a successful entrepreneur? To answer that question, I have put together the questionnaire below to help young professionals find out if they have what it takes. Take the survey below of various psychological traits -- whether inherent or learned -- that could predict your ability to be the next Bill Gates, Meg Whitman or Larry Page. Give yourself one point for each of the characteristics below that describe you.
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Author: Kevin O'Connor
