How do I know if I have the skills to be an entrepreneur?
Well, first thing, there are somethings you just consider yourself. Are you a self-starter? I mean if you know that "Gee, I have a terrible time getting up in the morning" and "I just can't make myself do some of these things" then maybe this is not for you. You can be very successful in your way and make a lot of contributions to society, which I think is very important without becoming an entrepreneur. However, becoming an entrepreneur, you've got to be a self-starter. You have to be the kind of person that keeps at it, because you're going to take a lot of things that go wrong, and you've got to be able to keep doing these things. So, one thing is, if nothing else: think through this and say, "Well am I like that? Am I that kind of a person? Can I deal with risk and uncertainty? Can I deal with stress?" (There's definitely going to be a lot of stress involved.) "Can I deal with all those things?" There are a number of tests out, in fact, there's one in my book called "The Right Stuff Test", and you take it yourself. If you can't get my book or can't even find it in the library, then in that case you can go to the internet and search for "ofnor test". I did this just to find out how many there actually were, and I came up with 1.8 million different hits, I think. Now, not all these will be the real thing, but a lot of these are tests and a lot them don't cost anything to take. So, take a little test and see how you sound on these things. I would do that first to see whether this is really for you.
