{"id":996,"date":"2020-01-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.businessbroker.net\/blog\/2020\/01\/16\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/"},"modified":"2020-01-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T00:00:00","slug":"characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have the Right Personality to Run a Small Business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Running a small business is an exciting proposition for many, but the inherent riskiness of that kind of investment can sometimes scare off potential business owners and operators. One concern for many contemplating a position leading a small business is not knowing if they have all the skills and abilities required to keep such a business operating smoothly and successfully.<\/p>\n<p>For those wondering if they have what it takes, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/\">BusinessBroker.net<\/a> team has created a quiz to help prospective business owners and managers get a sense of their strengths and weaknesses in a number of key areas that we have found can have an impact on someone&rsquo;s overall effectiveness when managing a small business.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone considering a move to small business management, <a href=\"https:\/\/quiz-01.businessbroker.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>take the quiz today!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running a small business is an exciting proposition for many, but the inherent riskiness of that kind of investment can sometimes scare off potential business owners and operators. One concern for many contemplating a position leading a small business is not knowing if they have all the skills and a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buying-a-franchise-or-business"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Do You Have the Right Personality to Run a Small Business? - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The BusinessBroker.net team has created a quiz to help prospective business owners and managers get a sense of their strengths and weaknesses in a number of key areas.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do You Have the Right Personality to Run a Small Business?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The BusinessBroker.net team has created a quiz to help prospective business owners and managers get a sense of their strengths and weaknesses in a number of key areas.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-16T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/right-business-personality.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"465\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Punith Kumar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Punith Kumar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\\\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\\\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Punith Kumar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7428ffeebaa66ba6be836d3b6b4b4d24\"},\"headline\":\"Do You Have the Right Personality to Run a Small Business?\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\\\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":141,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\\\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/right-business-personality.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Buying a Franchise or Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\\\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\\\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\\\/\",\"name\":\"Do You Have the Right Personality to Run a Small Business? - Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\\\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\\\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/right-business-personality.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7428ffeebaa66ba6be836d3b6b4b4d24\"},\"description\":\"The BusinessBroker.net team has created a quiz to help prospective business owners and managers get a sense of their strengths and weaknesses in a number of key areas.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\\\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\\\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\\\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/right-business-personality.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/right-business-personality.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":465,\"caption\":\"Do you have the right personality to run a small business\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\\\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Do You Have the Right Personality to Run a Small Business?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blog\",\"description\":\"BusinessBroker.net\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7428ffeebaa66ba6be836d3b6b4b4d24\",\"name\":\"Punith Kumar\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09915c8c3e7cea335aea0800a4bd05937ddc8943842687c3fc1a1535452dbb74?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09915c8c3e7cea335aea0800a4bd05937ddc8943842687c3fc1a1535452dbb74?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09915c8c3e7cea335aea0800a4bd05937ddc8943842687c3fc1a1535452dbb74?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Punith Kumar\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.businessbroker.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/punith\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Do You Have the Right Personality to Run a Small Business? - Blog","description":"The BusinessBroker.net team has created a quiz to help prospective business owners and managers get a sense of their strengths and weaknesses in a number of key areas.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Do You Have the Right Personality to Run a Small Business?","og_description":"The BusinessBroker.net team has created a quiz to help prospective business owners and managers get a sense of their strengths and weaknesses in a number of key areas.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/","og_site_name":"Blog","article_published_time":"2020-01-16T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":465,"url":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/right-business-personality.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Punith Kumar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Punith Kumar","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/"},"author":{"name":"Punith Kumar","@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7428ffeebaa66ba6be836d3b6b4b4d24"},"headline":"Do You Have the Right Personality to Run a Small Business?","datePublished":"2020-01-16T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/"},"wordCount":141,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/right-business-personality.jpg","articleSection":["Buying a Franchise or Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/","url":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/","name":"Do You Have the Right Personality to Run a Small Business? - Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/right-business-personality.jpg","datePublished":"2020-01-16T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7428ffeebaa66ba6be836d3b6b4b4d24"},"description":"The BusinessBroker.net team has created a quiz to help prospective business owners and managers get a sense of their strengths and weaknesses in a number of key areas.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/right-business-personality.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/right-business-personality.jpg","width":700,"height":465,"caption":"Do you have the right personality to run a small business"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/buying-a-franchise-or-business\/characteristics-of-a-small-business-owner\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Do You Have the Right Personality to Run a Small Business?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/","name":"Blog","description":"BusinessBroker.net","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7428ffeebaa66ba6be836d3b6b4b4d24","name":"Punith Kumar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09915c8c3e7cea335aea0800a4bd05937ddc8943842687c3fc1a1535452dbb74?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09915c8c3e7cea335aea0800a4bd05937ddc8943842687c3fc1a1535452dbb74?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09915c8c3e7cea335aea0800a4bd05937ddc8943842687c3fc1a1535452dbb74?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Punith Kumar"},"url":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/author\/punith\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessbroker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}