DEPARTMENT - Business Services and Technology: Do You Want to Be the Boss?

Do You Want to Be the BOSS? *
Entrepreneurs don't just buy businesses. They create their own.
If you think you want ot be the boss, take the quiz to see if you have entrepreneurial traits. For more quizzes and information, go to http://sbinfocanada.about.com/cs/startup/a/startownbiz_2.htm Also go to http://www.startupjournal.com Click on "Assess Your Aptitude." Then take the "Test Your Aptitude for Entrepreneurship" quiz. Does entrepreneurship still seem like a good idea? Link to business-building tips at http://www.entreworld.org/Channel/SYB.cfm/ Them start now to create your own job and to plan for the future education you need to succeed. Quiz (taken from the American Careers magazine (2004-05)
Your Entrepreneurial Potential Circle what you think is the best answer to see how many entrepreneurial traits you have. Faced with a probelm, I am most likely to: a. Go to a friend for help b. Get help from a stranger who's an expert. c. Try to handle the problem alone. Like a distance runner, I'd run to: a. Work off energy and keep in shape b. Beat other competitors c. Better my previous time. I'm motivated most by the need to: a. Achieve a goal of personal importance b. Gain public attention and recognition c. Control wealth and other people. I believe business success or failure depends on a. Luck or fate. b. The support or approval of others. c. My own strengths and abilities To earn a substantial reward. I'd most likely a. Roll dice and with a one in three change to win. b. Work on a problem with a one in three chance of solving it. c. Do neither because the chance of success is small. I'm most likely to choose a task: a. That involves a moderate level of risk. b. Where risks are high but financial rewards are great. c. That is relatively easy and risks are low. Money is important to me because: a. It lets me develop other ideas and opportunities. b. It's a way to measure how successful I am. c. It's a way to accumulate personal wealth. Score your self! Click here.
_________________________ * American Careers, 2004-2005 pg. 29