Entrepreneurial Passion
Entrepreneurial passion is experienced through strong emotions and motivations that are intertwined closely with an individual’s entrepreneurial identity and originates from engagement with self-defining activities over time.
Inventor
It is exciting to figure out new ways to solve unmet market needs that can be commercialized. ​
Searching for new ideas for products/services to offer is enjoyable to me​.
I am motivated to figure out how to make existing products/services better​.
Scanning the environment for new opportunities really excites me​.
Inventing new solutions to problems is an important part of who I am​.
Founder
Establishing a new company excites me.​
Owning my own company energizes me.​
Nurturing a new business through its emerging success is enjoyable. ​
Being the founder of a business is an important part of who I am.
Developer
I really like finding the right people to market my product/service to​.
Assembling the right people to work for my business is exciting.​
Pushing my employees and myself to make our company better motivates me.​
Nurturing and growing companies is an important part of who I am.​
To ensure proper attribution of the questions used in our assessment, please note the following sources:
Question 1-13: Cardon, M. S.; Gregoire, D. A.; Stevens, C. E.; Patel, P. C. (2013). Measuring entrepreneurial passion: Conceptual foundations and scale validation. Journal of Business Venturing, 28(3), 373-396.​