KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 1 Entrepreneurial Characteristics: Checklists [Robert D. Hirsch and Michael P. Peters, Entrepreneurship: Starting, Developing and Managing a New Enterprise, Irwin, Chicago, 1995, pp ]

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 2 Checklist for Feelings about Control For each question, put a  in either the ‘YES’ or the ‘NO’ column.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 3 Checklist for Feelings about Control 1. Do you often feel "That's just the way things are and there's nothing I can do about it"?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 4 Checklist for Feelings about Control 2. When things go right and are terrific for you, do you think "It's mostly luck!"?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 5 Checklist for Feelings about Control 3. Do you think you should go into business or do something with your time for pay because everything you read these days is urging you in that direction?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 6 Checklist for Feelings about Control 4. Do you know that if you decide to do something, you'll do it and nothing can stop you?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 7 Checklist for Feelings about Control 5. Even though it's scary to try something new, are you the kind who tries it?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 8 Checklist for Feelings about Control 6. Your friends, spouse, and mother tell you that it's foolish of you to want a career. Have you listened to them and stayed home all these years?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 9 Checklist for Feelings about Control 7. Do you think it's important for everyone to like you?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 10 Checklist for Feelings about Control 8. When you do a good job, is your pleasure in a job well done satisfaction enough?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 11 Checklist for Feelings about Control 9. If you want something, do you ask for it rather than wait for someone to notice you and "just give it to you"?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 12 Checklist for Feelings about Control 10. Even though people tell you "it can't be done:” do you have to find out for yourself?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 13 Checklist for Feelings about Independence For each question, put a  in either the ‘YES’ or the ‘NO’ column.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 14 Checklist for Feelings about Independence 1. I hate to go shopping for clothes alone.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 15 Checklist for Feelings about Independence 2. If my friends won't go to a movie I want to see, I'll go by myself.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 16 Checklist for Feelings about Independence 3. I want to be financially independent.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 17 Checklist for Feelings about Independence 4. I often need to ask other people's opinions before I decide on important things.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 18 Checklist for Feelings about Independence 5. I'd rather have other people decide where to go on a social evening out.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 19 Checklist for Feelings about Independence 6. When I know I'm in charge, I don't apologize, I just do what has to be done.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 20 Checklist for Feelings about Independence 7. I'11 speak up for an unpopular cause if I believe in it.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 21 Checklist for Feelings about Independence 8. I'm afraid to be different.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 22 Checklist for Feelings about Independence 9. I want the approval of others.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 23 Checklist for Feelings about Independence 10. I usually wait for people to call me to go places, rather than intrude on them.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 24 Checklist for Feelings about Taking Risk For each question, put a  in either the ‘YES’ or the ‘NO’ column.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 25 Checklist for Feelings about Taking Risk 1. Can you take risks with money, that is, invest, and not know the outcome?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 26 Checklist for Feelings about Taking Risk 2. Do you take an umbrella with you every time you travel? A hot water bottle? A thermometer?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 27 Checklist for Feelings about Taking Risk 3. If you're frightened of something, will you try to conquer the fear?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 28 Checklist for Feelings about Taking Risk 4. Do you like trying new food, new places, and totally new experiences?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 29 Checklist for Feelings about Taking Risk 5. Do you need to know the answer before you'll ask the question?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 30 Checklist for Feelings about Taking Risk 6. Have you taken a risk in the last six months?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 31 Checklist for Feelings about Taking Risk 7. Can you walk up to a total stranger and strike up a conversation?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 32 Checklist for Feelings about Taking Risk 8. Have you ever intentionally traveled an unfamiliar route?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 33 Checklist for Feelings about Taking Risk 9. Do you need to know that it's been done already before you're willing to try it?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 34 Checklist for Feelings about Taking Risk 10. Have you ever gone on a blind date?

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 35 Checklist for Feelings about Control: Notes One concern people have when considering forming a new venture they will be able to sustain the drive and energy required not only to overcome the inertia in forming something new but also to manage the new enterprise and make it grow. You may determine whether you are internally or externally driven by comparing your answers to the questions in this checklist.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 36 Checklist for Feelings about Control Answering Yes to questions 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10 indicates that you possess the internal control aspect of being an entrepreneur. Yes answers to questions 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 indicate that you are more geared to external controls, which may inhibit your entrepreneurial tendencies and ability to sustain drive.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 37 Checklist for Feelings about Independence An entrepreneur is generally the type of person who needs to do things his or her own way and time and has a difficult time working for someone else. Yes answers to questions 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10 indicate that you do not have a strong need for independence.

KV Patri. MTI, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire 38 Checklist for Feelings about Taking Risk Risk-taking, whether financial, social, or psychological, is a part of the entrepreneurial process. If you answered Yes to questions 2, 5, and 9 you may need to develop greater willingness to take risks.