What's your Entrepreneur DNA?
See how you stack up against 190,000+ entrepreneurs worldwide, and get insights on your unique innovation strengths and weaknesses, AND get tips on how to maximize your strengths.
Be Your Best Entrepreneur
The Founder Institute's proprietary assessment only takes about 30 minutes, and then you will instantly get a detailed report with actionable insights.
Maximize your strengths
Identify your greatest entrepreneurial strengths and get actionable guides on how to maximize them.
Minimize your weaknesses
Uncover your entrepreneurial weaknesses and learn how to mitigate their impacts on your work.
See how you stack up
Learn how you compare to over 190,000 entrepreneurs worldwide, spanning 100+ countries.
Uncover Your Entrepreneur DNA Profile
Working with social scientists, we analyzed the assessment scores for successful founders. The majority of these founders fit into nine main 'personality profiles'.
The Machine
Equipped with a strong sense of duty and an aptitude for solving problems, The Machine always delivers a product on schedule.
The Innovator
Innovators are all about experimenting with the old and exploring the new.
The Inventor
Inventors are constantly uncovering unique market insights that keep them one step ahead of the competition.
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Don't worry, we will start with sample questions so you can get comfortable before proceeding.
Decoding the DNA
Great companies start with great people, so the Founder Institute has been researching the personality traits that correlate with building great companies since 2009.
To date, over 190,000 people have applied, and over 7,500 companies have been launched through FI programs.
Psychographic Testing
Rather than subjectively judging startup ideas, the admissions criteria for the FI accelerator is an online battery of tests that quantifies the greatest variable in startup success: the founder(s).
Pre-Seed Accelerator
Accepted founders join an intense 4-month accelerator to launch a startup. Each week they get ratings on their progress from peers, program leaders, and experienced mentors.
Track Market Performance
After graduation, the FI Portfolio Support team continues rating the founders on their company performance 'in the real world', with all data fed back into the weighting of the assessment.
Analyze and Calibrate
Through a flow of continous data, regression analysis from PhDs, and frequent test updates, FI has built and can maintain a statistically validated test for identifying the highest potential entrepreneurs.
What Others Say About the Assessment
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Through the entrepreneur DNA lens, I realized that I was always looking for opportunities to apply new technical and soft skills I learned to solve interesting new problems, which is the definition of innovation. This insight allowed me to embrace my natural tendency.
Terry XuFounder of Stealth
An Online, Fun Experience
This is not your typical "test". The DNA Assessment is designed to be easy to use, and fun! See for yourself with the quick preview below.
Assessment Part 1: Personality Questions
Leverage our Research
Leverage 15+ years of research to identify entrepreneurial talent, find innovators in your organization, build effective teams, and more.
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