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Entrepreneur Information

Management Assessment

For a start-up company to be successful, it takes more than a good idea or a novel technology. Success for operating a business also depends on the people side i.e. management skills in an entrepreneurial environment.

If you would like to know more about your entrepreneurial propensity, and those of others you may be considering for your management team, an assessment tool can be found at http://www.mbatechconnect.org.

This tool helps gauge the likelihood of an individual successfully fitting into an entrepreneurial venture. That information provides insight on their entrepreneurial success attributes, entrepreneurial leadership style, and business skill sets needed in an entrepreneurial venture. Studies show that the sooner a strong management team is built, the more likely they are to secure financing and resources to grow the venture (i).


(i) Roberts, Edward B. (1991). Entrepreneurs in High Technology . Oxford University Press, p. 69-83.

WHAT WE DO


our MISSION... To promote innovation, enhance research by connecting inventors and industry, and foster economic development through protecting and commercializing intellectual property.

our VISION... To create a new and unique model for university technology transfer by analyzing our intellectual property potential in the marketplace, partnering with corporations, and assessing entrepreneurial management teams, start-up companies will be given a stronger opportunity for success.

we SERVE...Faculty, staff, and students producing innovative ideas and intellectual property with commercial potential and Corporations seeking to work collaboratively on JMU research projects to develop their products and business.