Quiz: Which entrepreneurial career type are you?

Which Entrepreneurial Career Type Are You?

Quiz inspired by:
Milanov, Prantl, Sheppard & Ge (2025)
Journal of Business Venturing Insights

Skill Hunter

Strategist

Life Master

Idealist

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When you think about “career success”, what matters most?

Select One

Growing, learning and mastering new skills

Reaching senior positions and shaping big decisions

Having autonomy and a sustainable, flexible life

Creating positive change for others and society

Your dream project would…

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Let me experiment, build and learn something new

Give me resources and a team to scale something big

Fit around my life, health, and relationships

Tackle a social or environmental problem I care about

Why would you consider a big entrepreneurial move?

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For the challenge and personal growth

To have more influence and control than in my current situation

To design work on my own terms

To build something mission-driven with real societal impact

What would make you walk away from a role or venture?

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I stop learning and feel under-stimulated

My impact is small and I can’t move things forward

It drains my energy and crowds out my life

It drifts away from my values and the purpose I care about

Your Entrepreneurial Orientation Profile

All Four Profiles & Your Scores

Rather than forcing a single “winner,” this view shows your orientation across all four dimensions.

SKILL HUNTER

Growth & Mastery

You seek learning, challenge and creative problem-solving. Entrepreneurship is attractive as a way to keep stretching yourself.

STRATEGIST

Influence & Advancement

You care about scaling impact and using big platforms, often inside large organisations, to drive change.

LIFE MASTER

Self-direction & Sustainability

You optimise for autonomy, health and a cushiony but meaningful life, often through flexible self-employment.

IDEALIST

Societal Betterment & Collaboration

You’re motivated by purpose, ethics and helping others, often through academia, non-profits or ecosystem roles.

Quiz by @Rossi Ivanova

Interactive Component by @Andy Hillier

This short quiz is inspired by Milanov et al. (2025, JBVI) and the four career principles they identify.

Which Entrepreneurial Career Type Are You?

When you think about “career success”, what matters most?

Select One

Your dream project would…

Select One

Why would you consider a big entrepreneurial move?

Select One

What would make you walk away from a role or venture?

Select One

Your Entrepreneurial Orientation Profile

All Four Profiles & Your Scores

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