ABSTRACT
In spite of the fact that theoretically anyone can start up a company, entrepreneurs share certain personality characteristics and behavior patterns that seem to benefit running an enterprise. An entrepreneur's personality differs from the average, at least statistically. The chapter summarizes the four Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) dichotomies and presents the preferences exhibited by the personality types. The four letters of the MBTI are one-half of the four dichotomies. The four preferences or dichotomies are: Introversion (I) versus extroversion (E); sensing (S) versus Intuition (N); thinking (T) versus feeling (F); judging (J) versus perceiving (P). It discusses in-depth description of the 16 personality types along with their descriptive names and the types are: ISTJ, ISTP, ISFJ, ISFP, INFJ, INFP, INTJ, INTP, ESTP, ESTJ, ESFP, ESFJ, ENFP, ENFJ, ENTP, and ENTJ. INTJs, ENTJs, ENFJs, and ESTJs often find themselves in engineering roles within technology-focused organizations.
