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(ii) Micropreneur This is a type of entrepreneur who has a small business and plans to keep the business small (iii) Scalable Start-up Entrepreneurship- This start-up entrepreneur starts a business knowing that their vision can change the world. They attract investors who think and encourage people who think out of the box. The research focuses on a scalable business and experimental models, so, they hire the best and the brightest employees. They require more venture capital to fuel and back their project or business. (iv) Large Company Entrepreneurship- These huge companies have defined life-cycle. Most of these companies grow and sustain by offering new and innovative products that revolve around their main products. The change in technology, customer preferences, new competition, etc., build pressure for large companies to create an innovative product and sell it to the new set of customers in the new market. To cope with the rapid technological changes, the existing organisations either buy innovation enterprises or attempt to construct the product internally. (V) Social Entrepreneurship- This type of entrepreneurship focuses on producing product and services that resolve social needs and problems. Their only motto and goal is to work for society and not make any profits. Classification on the Basis of Attitude to Risk (i) Innovative Entrepreneur. The innovative entrepreneur is concerned with innovative offerings. Innovation could take various forms such as the creation of unique products or through product differentiation, among others. The innovative entrepreneur is risk-prone and also a proactive entrepreneur (ii)The imitative Entrepreneur: this entrepreneur is unlikely to pioneer the creation or development or a new product, he rather copies existing products to reduce the risk of uncertainty associated with a new product. This does not rule out the possibility of improving on the copied product and attracting more attention than the original creator. A good example is Konosuke Mathushita of Japan (iii) The Fabian or Sceptical Entrepreneur: The Fabian entrepreneur is risk averse so he is very careful in adopting changes (iv) The Drone Entrepreneur: the drone entrepreneur belongs to the old school of thought. He is very resistant to change but very comfortable with maintaining the status quo
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