The document categorizes different types of entrepreneurs, including innovators, imitators, fabian entrepreneurs, and laggards, highlighting their characteristics and approaches to business. Innovators introduce new ideas and techniques, while imitators and fabian entrepreneurs resist change and often follow established practices. Laggards are described as individuals who are resistant to adopting new ideas and tend to operate based on tradition and convention.

1. ENTREPRENEUR -
TYPES AND
CHARACTERISTICS
R.SUBHA,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

2. A person who sets up a business,
taking on financial risks in the hope
of profit.
DEFINITION

3. Types of Entrepreneur
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ENTREPRENEURS FABIAN
ENTREPRENEURS
INNOVATORS
IMITATORS
LAGGARDS
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ENTREPRENEUR
TYPES
LAGGARDS
DRONE
FABIAN
IMITATORS
INNOVATORS

4. INNOVATORS
ONE WHO ASSEMBLES
AND SYNTHESIS
INFORMATION AND
INTRODUCES NEW
COMBINATIONS OF
PRODUCTION.
How??
❏ FORESEE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
INTRODUCING NEW PRODUCTS, OR
NEW TECHNIQUES OF PRODUCTION,
NEW USAGE OF EXISTING PRODUCTS,
RESTRUCTURING OF THE
ORGANIZATION.
❏ TAKE EFFORTS TO RAISE CAPITAL,
ASSEMBLE MATERIALS, MEN AND
MACHINES AND ESTABLISH THE
ENTERPRISE

5. INNOVATORS

6. IMITATORS
● ALSO KNOWN AS ADAPTIVE
ENTREPRENEUR.
● FOLLOW INNOVATORS LATER
AFTER OBSERVING HOW THEY
BENEFIT.
● IMITATE THE KNOWLEDGE,
TECHNOLOGY AND SKILL
ALREADY AVAILABLE
● CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY
TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
UNDER - DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES.

7. IMITATORS

8. ★ SHY AND LAZY
★ NOT INTERESTED IN
INNOVATION AND IMITATING
ANY NEW TECHNIQUES.
★ THEIR ACTIVITIES
INFLUENCED BY RELIGION,
CUSTOM AND TRADITION
★ NOT READY TO TAKE RISK,
BUT FOLLOW IDEAS OF THEIR
PREDECESSORS.
FABIAN

9. ➔ CONVENTIONAL PEOPLE
WHO RESIST CHANGES.
➔ REFUSE ANY NEW
OPPORTUNITY AND STICK TO
CONVENTIONAL PRODUCTS
AND IDEAS.
➔ NOT MAKE CHANGE IN
PRODUCTION METHODS EVEN
AT LOSSES.
DRONE

10. IMITATORS IMITATE THE KNOWLEDGE AND
TECHNOLOGY OF INNOVATORS?
True False

11. ❏ RESIST CHANGES OF ALL
TYPES.
❏ OPERATE ACCORDING TO
THEIR CONVENTIONS.
❏
LAGGARDS

12. LAGGARDS

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14. MENTION THE TYPE OF ENTREPRENEUR YOU WANT TO
BECOME -

15. DO NOT MAKE CHANGE IN PRODUCTION
EVEN AT LOSSES
CANT SURVIVE IN MARKET WHEN
PRODUCTS OUTDATED
ADOPT CHANGES
FOLLOW IDEAS OF PREDECESSORS
TAKE NEW EXPERIMENTS
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IMITATORS
DRONE
INNOVATORS
LAGGARDS
FABIAN

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