Work & Business
Not what job would look good on paper. The conditions that match how you actually think, and whether you should be building something of your own.
About the archetypes
These quizzes do not ask what title would impress people. The archetypes come from watching what people do at work versus what they say they want. Managers and makers use time differently and neither is better. Some run toward standards, some toward relationships, some toward the interesting problem.
The founder quizzes sit here too, because the honest question is rarely "could you start something". It is which part of the work would still be tolerable in year three.
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Could you be a successful entrepreneur?
Founders are made, not born. But there are patterns.
Take it → What career were you born for?
Not what you're qualified for. What you'd be good at.
Take it →Should you actually quit your job?
The framework we wish someone had walked us through.
Take it →Are you a manager or a maker?
The Paul Graham distinction, translated to your real week.
Take it →Are you closer to burnout than you think?
The seven signs before the crash.
Take it →What kind of leader are you (really)?
The four leadership shapes and the one that fits you.
Take it →Solo founder or team founder?
The temperaments the two shapes reward, and punish.
Take it →Should you kill your project or keep going?
The five signals that tell you which one it is.
Take it →What's your sales personality?
Everyone sells. Some do it better as themselves than as 'a salesperson'.
Take it →Are you and your cofounder actually compatible?
The honest questions to ask before you incorporate.
Take it →Bootstrap or fundraise, which fits your business?
It's less about the idea than it is about you.
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