29. Entrepreneurship

Situation

Organizations and investors need to evaluate entrepreneurial potential when selecting leaders, founders, or intrapreneurs. Traditional personality or cognitive tests only cover parts of this profile.

Symptoms

• High failure rates in start-up or innovation roles
• Difficulty handling uncertainty and risk
• Lack of persistence and achievement drive
• Poor fit between entrepreneurial mindset and organizational demands

Challenge

Goal: Identify entrepreneurial drive, risk-taking ability, and resilience in leadership candidates.

Why it matters: Entrepreneurial potential is critical for innovation, start-up success, and corporate transformation. A wrong choice leads to failed initiatives and wasted resources.

Solution

Psychometric assessments specifically designed to capture entrepreneurial potential: focus on risk-taking, motivation, control orientation, assertiveness, uncertainty tolerance, and problem orientation.

Tool Examples

• F-DUP (alpha-test) → standardized entrepreneurial potential test for leaders and founders

Further tools: Currently, the F-DUP (alpha-test) is the only HR-standardized tool for entrepreneurship assessment.

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