Do You Have the Guts to Be an Entrepreneur? Take the Quiz


	Do You Have the Guts to Be an Entrepreneur? Take the Quiz

BobbyDelray

4-1-2008 11:13 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/41615815-bcea-49c8-89f5-16b5f77e043a/8275B30E-7307-4C08-8931-CD03E2A15E36/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/04/01/do-you-have-the-guts-to-be-an-entrepreneur-take-the-quiz/?mod=WSJBlog" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/04/01/do-you-have-the-guts-to-be-an-entrepreneur-take-the-quiz/?mod=WSJBlog" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.wsj.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/04/01/do-you-have-the-guts-to-be-an-entrepreneur-take-the-quiz/?mod=WSJBlog"><P><STRONG>How much of a risk taker are you?</STRONG> Take this <A href="http://www.humanmetrics.com/rot/rotqd.asp">online quiz</A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/04/01/do-you-have-the-guts-to-be-an-entrepreneur-take-the-quiz/?mod=WSJBlog"><P>“Business is filled with examples of people who have the advantage, but who don’t bet enough money. It’s a powerful lesson from blackjack.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/04/01/do-you-have-the-guts-to-be-an-entrepreneur-take-the-quiz/?mod=WSJBlog"><P>This from <A href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120700626010078587.html?mod=WSJBlog">an interview today with Jon Hirschtick</A>, founder of an engineering-software company in Concord, Mass. – and the inspiration behind a new <A href="http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/21/">Kevin Spacey movie, “21.”</A> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/04/01/do-you-have-the-guts-to-be-an-entrepreneur-take-the-quiz/?mod=WSJBlog"><P>If there’s a common thread in the most successful entrepreneurs I’ve met it’s this lack of fear.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/04/01/do-you-have-the-guts-to-be-an-entrepreneur-take-the-quiz/?mod=WSJBlog"><P>I believe there’s something in the entrepreneurial genetic makeup that enables certain people to bet big when others hesitate and hold back. And whether it’s blackjack or business, that trait—coupled with perseverance–is often what enables a big payoff.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/04/01/do-you-have-the-guts-to-be-an-entrepreneur-take-the-quiz/?mod=WSJBlog"><EM>Who’s your favorite entrepreneur? Have you ever bet big in your business? Have you ever held back and wished you hadn’t?</EM></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8275B30E-7307-4C08-8931-CD03E2A15E36/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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