Q.Classify entrepreneurs on the basis of

Apart from attitude to innovation, entrepreneurs can be grouped by the kind of business, the technology used and the size of operations.

Entrepreneurs can be classified along several dimensions:

(a) On the basis of type of business:

• Business (trading) entrepreneurs — deal in buying and selling of goods and services.
• Industrial (manufacturing) entrepreneurs — set up units that convert raw materials into finished products.
• Agricultural entrepreneurs — engaged in agriculture and allied activities such as farming, dairying and horticulture.
• Corporate entrepreneurs — promote and manage joint-stock companies and corporate undertakings.

(b) On the basis of use of technology:

• Technical entrepreneurs — production-oriented, strong on the technical/engineering side.
• Non-technical entrepreneurs — focused on marketing, distribution and promotion rather than technology.

(c) On the basis of scale of enterprise:

• Small-scale entrepreneurs — smaller investment and operations. …

Treating the categories as mutually exclusive. The same entrepreneur can fall into several at once (e.g., an industrial, technical, large-scale …