Learning Objective 

Assess your entrepreneurial characteristics and prepare an action plan to strengthen specific characteristics in need of development. 

Overview 

Although no exact set of characteristics is possessed by all entrepreneurs, many entrepreneurs share a number of common traits and skills. In this exercise, you will evaluate to what degree you possess common entrepreneurial characteristics and prepare an action plan to strengthen those characteristics you wish to develop further. 

• Step 1: Review common entrepreneurial characteristics. Review the character traits, skills, knowledge, and abilities in the Entrepreneurial Characteristics Self Evaluation. 
• Step 2: Conduct a personal self assessment. Evaluate the strength of your entrepreneurial characteristics by circling the number that best represents how well each of the characteristics below applies to you. Use a scale from 1 to 10, in which 1 indicates your competency is weak and 10 indicates your competency is strong.