Title: Identify characteristics of successful entrepreneurs.
Course: Make It Your Business (12151-18) > Section: Exploring Entrepreneurship

Identification should include characteristics such as

- persistent
- innovative
- responsible
- inquisitive
- goal-setter
- self-confident
- risk-taker
- enthusiastic
- ethical
- forward-looking
- highly motivated
- action-oriented.

Process/Skill Questions

- What is entrepreneurship? What is an entrepreneur?
- Why would a person want to be an entrepreneur?
- What type of work ethic is needed to be a successful entrepreneur?
- Is entrepreneurship for everyone? Why, or why not?
- How can a self-assessment help determine a person’s suitability for entrepreneurship?
- How does each characteristic contribute to the success of an entrepreneur?
- How might the lack of each characteristic cause an entrepreneur not to be very successful?