Are You Cut Out to be an Entrepreneur? Take This Test

Although it is easy to glamorize the life of the entrepreneur -- make your own hours, be your own boss -- anyone who has tried it will tell you that starting your own business is one of the hardest things you can do.

Are you cut out for that life? This simple test may tell you all you need to know.

Developed by Babson College professor Daniel Isenberg, this 20-question quiz on HBR.org takes just a few minutes to complete. Here is a sample:

1. I get an adrenaline rush from selling things.
2. I have friends who run their own businesses.
3. I don't like being told what to do by people who are less capable than I am.
4. People get excited by my ideas.
5. I always look for new and better ways to do things.

"All else being equal (and all else is rarely equal in the real world), on the average, people who set up their own businesses don't make more money, although a few do succeed in grabbing the brass ring. But the 'psychic benefits' -- the challenge, autonomy, recognition, excitement, and creativity -- make it all worthwhile.