By Amy Webb
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seems that everyone around you are starting your own business, while universities worldwide are offering professional training for entrepreneurs. Sure, maybe you have a good idea, but accounts with the right temperament, to social skills for success?
Whether you are thinking about starting your own freelance service, launching a mobile application or creating a digital tool to help journalists around the world, you take a moment to think how this could work for a journalist-entrepreneur.
Below you will find a small test that you help determine if you have the skills to start your own business journalism ... or you could instead propose a good idea in the newsroom, which could serve as an incubator for your project and could help start. Answer every question honestly and well.
Following the questions you will find information on how to rate you.
Answer: Yes or No questions:
1. I like challenges, even if they are those which may not win.
2 .. People tell me that would be better if I was my own boss.
3. I am by nature a seller. I can convince anyone that my ideas are gold.
4. I do not like when people who know less than me tell me I have to do.
5. I make things better when I'm not being micro-managed or when under the supervision of someone.
6. People tell me I have an amazing capacity to handle situations
7. It may not be the most talented person in the room, but I can guarantee that I will work longer and harder than anyone to do a job well done.
8. If I have to choose between finishing a major project and a relaxing day at the beach, "What happens behind the desk?
9. I rarely feel satisfied.
10. I'm an evangelist by nature. - People are excited about my ideas and want to join me and participate in the actions and activities.
11. I have the gift to imagine better ways of doing things, even if they are my responsibility.
12. I am 100% focused on results.
13. I have a list of personal and professional goals, and strive for almost every day to achieve them.
14. My motto is "not fast." If my first idea does not work, I am quick to recognize and adapt. Whenever I have new ideas.
15. Live to work rather than work to live.
16. I feel comfortable if they sometimes do not have a fixed monthly salary
17. I can organize my finances to be able to have multiple streams of income and thus not dependent on a single source.
18. I'm an excellent manager: I like to complete tasks on time, follow up.
19. I feel comfortable keeping detailed records of my expenses.
20. I am willing and able to reconcile the credit card and bank statements daily or weekly.
21. Some of my friends have their own businesses
22. Some members of my family have their own businesses.
23. My partner would give me the space and time to work on my own, either in our home or office.
24. For those with children, I have a plan that allows me to work and parenting at the same time.
25. I have the ability to receive criticism in a good way. Results
If you answered "yes" to at least 21 questions, most likely have the personality, abilities and life circumstances to start your own business. If you answered "yes" to fewer than 21 questions, this does not necessarily mean you can not start a business. What you should do is to honestly assess your situation before taking the next step.
To succeed as an entrepreneur, you must be a good manager, which means being your own boss. At first, you have to chase customers to pay the bills - which also means you have to build a system to track your cash flow. You will have to be a big seller, negotiate prices and offers, and to convince people they should work with you. Your first project might not succeed. If you are someone who becomes emotionally attached to an exciting project and you can not easily leave it behind, you can lose your shirt (and all you've invested in your home).
Take time to think it would be no more a regular monthly payment (or a regular paycheck in the future) to pursue your idea. I also recommend you discuss your idea with trusted friends and family that you can make an objective, honest.
Amy Webb is a digital media consultant and director of Webbmedia Group, LLC. In his weekly column on Web Webb, Amy media reports on actual reporting and gives tips and strategies to incorporate technology into the newsroom. You can also find Amy on Twitter and delicious.
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