1. Are you willing to invest a substantial portion of your net worth in the venture, including taking out a second mortgage on your house and with your personal guarantee for the commercial loan?
2. Are you driven internally by a strong desire to compete?
3. Do you have a need to set goals? and to achieve?
4. Have you ever willingly placed yourself in a situation where you were personally responsible for profit/loss of an operation?
5. Are you intimidated by certain people or situations?
6. Do you like constant change or would you prefer a routine?
7. Are you driven by a thirst for achievement or a thirst for status or power?
8. Are you a risktaker? a person with vision? humor? integrity?, taking your failure as a lesson? making decision and calling the shots quickly?
9. Are you full of energy? stay healthy? stay working 24 hours or more if needed?
10. Can you inspire and lead people around you? Are you intelligent and possess conceptual abilities? etc.