A while back, I asked if you were a Looney Tunes person or a Disney person. (Clue: Disney people like rhyme, Looney Tunes people like rhythm.) Now I’m curious about managers vs entrepreneurs.
Both alike in dignity, as the saying goes, but with very different outlooks on life. Which one are you?
Instructions: tick all the boxes that apply to you and then compare the total number of ticks in each column.
| Manager | Entrepreneur |
| Wants to be somebody | Wants to do something |
| PC | Mac |
| Excel | PowerPoint |
| Consistency | Spontaneity |
| Competitive | Innovative |
| Orchestra conductor | Jazz pianist |
| Brains | Guts |
| MBA | PhD |
| ROI | MVP |
| Metrics | Results |
| Status anxiety | Cash flow anxiety |
| Tries to impress the boss | Tries to impress VCs |
| Reads The Economist | Reads Fast Company |
| Studies Machiavelli | Studies John Boyd |
| Evolution | Revolution |
| Process | Context |
| Starbucks | Monmouth |
| Engineering | Architecture |
| Writes reports | Writes blog posts |
| Classification | Prioritisation |
| Golf lessons | Flying lessons |
| Welch | Branson |
| Motivational | Inspiring |
| 96 hour week | 96 hour week |
Did I miss anything? How do you tell the difference? Which one are you?