Last week Kelly Spors — the small business/entrepreneurship columnist at the Wall Street Journal — posted a column on how to identify if someone is ready to lead a business. From the piece,
“Many experts say there are some personality traits common among successful entrepreneurs, like the tendency to have a higher risk tolerance, drive and resiliency to overcome failure than the general population.
Author Bill Wagner offers an “Entrepreneur IQ” test at his Web site, TheEntrepreneurNextDoor.com, that compares your answers to those of others.”
Another test, created by a Harvard University professor who developed a psychological profile of entrepreneurs, is available free of charge at The Wall Street Journal’s StartupJournal.com.