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Question: We design programs for women who are considering becoming entrepreneurs. Is there a test or some assessment tool that I can use in our training program to help people figure out if they're well-suited to own a business?
-- Fran Reinstein, White Plains, N.Y. |
问题：对于那些正在考虑成为企业家的女性，我们策划了这样一个调查：是否有一种测试或评价工具能使我们在培训阶段帮助人们判断是否适合去发展自已的事业? |
| Answer: There are plenty of tests out there to help people determine if they're good candidates for starting a business. But whether a test can really gauge who does and doesn't make a capable entrepreneur is a subject of debate. |
答案：目前的确有许多这样的测试。但值得争论的是，是否有一种测试能够真正的断定谁能成为一个有能力的企业家。 |
| Many experts say there are some personality traits common among successful entrepreneurs, like the tendency to have a higher risk tolerance, drive and resiliency to overcome failure than the general population. |
许多专家认为，在成功的企业家身上存在着一些共同的性格特点，比如较之常人，他们对风险有更高的的承受能力，以及克服失败的动力和弹力. |
| Author Bill Wagner offers an "Entrepreneur IQ" test at his Web site, TheEntrepreneurNextDoor.com, that compares your answers to those of others. |
Bill Wagner在他的网站上TheEntrepreneurNextDoor.com提供了一个"企业IQ"的测试，通过这个测试可以比较你与其他人的答案。 |
| Another test, created by a Harvard University professor who developed a psychological profile of entrepreneurs, is available free of charge at The Wall Street Journal's StartupJournal.com. |
另一个测试是由一位哈佛大学教授设计的，他曾创立了一套企业家的心理学体系。这个测试可以在华尔街杂志的网站上免费找到StartupJournal.com. |
| The Strong and MBTI Entrepreneur Report, offered through career advisers and some sites, couples results on the Myers-Briggs test, a personality test used by career counselors, with your entrepreneurial aptitude. |
由职业咨询师和一些网站提供的MBTI企业家报告，结合职业顾问常用的性格测试Myers-Briggs的结果，将能够得出你的企业能力。 |
| But not everyone agrees there is an entrepreneurial personality type. Patricia Greene, provost of Babson College, a Wellesley, Mass., college known for its entrepreneurship program, doesn't believe there is a test that can accurately predict if someone is entrepreneurial material. You have extroverts and introverts, and people with all types of educational backgrounds becoming successful entrepreneurs. The only real distinguishing trait, she says, seems to be self-efficacy -- confidence that you can build a successful business. |
但并非所有人都同意存在这么一种企业家的性格类型。Babson大学的教务长Patricia Greene，就认为并没有一种测试可以准确的预测一个人是否具备当企业家的潜质．事实上，性格外向和性格内向的人，以及各种教育背景的人都有成为成功企业家的例子．她认为，唯一显著的特点在于自信。只有自信，你才能成就一份成功的事业。 |
