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July 11, 2006 by Julie Stanford Leave a Comment

What’s luck got to do with it?

Blog-avatars-julieIn January 2006, I took part in a memorable masterclass about entrepreneurship, given by Professor Alan Gibb, Professor Emeritus of Durham Business School.

During the session, Professor Gibb gave us a copy of the Durham University Business School entrepreneurship ‘test’. This document takes you through all the qualities of an entrepreneur and, finally, you arrive at a score which measures your own degree of entrepreneurial qualities. [Read more…]

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