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Self-Diagnosis

Do You Have the Right Stuff to Start a Business?

Key Topics Covered in This Chapter

tests for measuring an affinity for entrepreneurial work

characteristics of successful entrepreneurs

the effect of family background

 

FEW ENTREPRENEURS INVENT things that change the way millions of people live or work. Dan Bricklin is an exception. In 1979, he and Bob Frankston created the first killer app of the personal computer age: an electronic spreadsheet they called VisiCalc. They formed a company to perfect and market this software, which, along with word processing programs, did more than almost anything else to fuel the growth ...

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