2009 Entrepreneurial Qualities Survey
This is my 100th official post to the blog! I spent a small amount of time trying to come up with some sort of cheesy, bloggy way to celebrate, only to eventually decide most of the ways were, well, cheesy. So I’ll just say that it’s been a lot of fun writing those 100 posts, and I’m looking forward to the next 100. It certainly feels like the blog has found it’s legs so to speak, and I’ve got a couple surprises in store for the next few weeks I think you’ll enjoy.
With that introduction, there seems no better topic for post 100 than the 2009 version of my Entrepreneurial Qualities Survey.
This year’s survey builds upon the one I ran last year, both in content and approach. (You can skip over to my recap of last year’s survey if you want to catch up.) I’ve formatted this year’s survey to be more tightly focused on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial support personnel, so it will be interesting to see if the results change any. Also, I’m capturing just a bit more information from entrepreneurs (two questions), which should let us do some basic (read: unscientific) analysis of whether entrepreneurs from different disciplines value different qualities.
This year’s survey isn’t quite as wide open as last year’s. This year I’m limiting feedback to three types of individuals:
- Entrepreneurs, of course
- Entrepreneurial support personnel
- Investors
Finally, I’d like to thank Niki for taking a preliminary look at the survey and giving me some great feedback. Niki is a doctoral student at a local university focused on studying the science of entrepreneurship.
In honor of the 100 post milestone (and to test my social networking skills!), I am targeting 100 responses for this year’s survey.
Take the DCO 2009 Entrepreneurial Qualities Survey
Feel free to share this survey with anyone that falls into one of the three categories above. If you received this post via E-Mail, simply forward along. If you are reading this on the website, then use the green “Share This” button at the end of the post. If you have me in a feed reader/aggregator, there should be an “Email this” link at the end.
I will keep you updated as to survey progress. The sooner we get to the 100 response target, the sooner we can start looking at the results. Thanks for all your help.
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Comments
Thanks Simon. It truly has been a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to writing more than ever. Maybe we should join forces on your foray into entrepreneurship?
Hey Dave,
How have responses been coming for your survey? My version is actually up this week. I was wondering if you might be able to send the link on to entrepreneurs you know. I am also targeting 100 people for my survey. I am only at about the 30 mark at the moment.
The survey can be found at:
http://nikibeth.com/2009/03/06/are-you-an-entrepreneur/
Maybe we can compare results!
Thanks,
Niki Kohari
Niki – I’m at about the same place. I initial promoted here, via LinkedIn and Facebook, and some personal E-Mails. I think my next step is another post and pinging some of the entrepreneurial blogs and websites.
I will definitely forward your link on to some folks. Have you reached out to the 20/30 club? If you don’t know them I can give you an introduction. They might be a good asset to tap.
Would love to compare results!
Hey Dave,
I currently have about 60 people. I think that should be enough for the pilot survey, but if I can get a few more, that would always be helpful. I don’t know the 20/30 club. Any introductions would be appreciated.
Niki
Dave,
Just wondered if you had any updates on your survey. I’m still working on narrowing mine down to about 15-20 characteristics. It is a bit more difficult than I thought since many of the highest rated items were related to having motivation. Anyway, I was just curious.
Niki
You know, I really haven’t promoted it much lately. Still stuck around just 20 responses. I did get a good number of verbal responses though that will probably make me change my focus on it.
If you want to talk about your characteristics or if I can help in any way, give me a shout at work.
Congrats on the 100th post Dave! Great work here. I am just about to post something on entrepreneurialism, but will check to see if there is anything I can pillage from your posts