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Types of Entrepreneurship
10 most common types of
Entrepreneurship
Social
Entrepreneurship
refers to any kind of small business
that has been created by one person,
without the goal to expand or
franchise.
Example: sari-sari store, saloon,
1. Small Business bakery etc..
Entrepreneurship
- in this type of business, you only
make a profit if you store is open or
operating.
2. Scalable startup entrepreneurship
+ Rooted in the idea of “changing the world”
+ Focus on how to create a business model that is both repeatable and
scalable (more sales with more resources)
+ Many startups have a similar ‘garage to riches’ narrative, beginning
with a simple idea that is brought to life by the tenacity of
entrepreneurs with the support of investors.
Example: Amazon, Googles,
+ The key to starting this type of business model is knowing the long –
term plans for profitability and the ways in which your company will
grow both for the sake of your investors, and your own.
+ Unlike an entrepreneur, who is
also the founder, designer and
manager of a business, an
intrapreneur is a self-motivated,
action-oriented employee who
thinks out the box and works as
3. Intrapreneurship an entrepreneur within a
company.
+ Intrapreneurship is a way that
companies can support and
encourage employees that have
entrepreneurial spirit.
+ Example of intrapreneurial innovation is Facebook’s ‘like’ button
which is now integral part of the brand.
4. Large company entrepreneurship
+ Refers to companies like Disney, Google, Toyota, and Microsoft.
+ They keep innovating and offering consumers new products that are
variants around their core product-line
+ Distinguish feature type of entrepreneurship is that it is not starting a
new business, rather creating new products or subsidiaries within
existing company, or acquiring smaller business.
5.Imitative
Entrepreneurship
+ Imitation is the best for form of
flattery, and an imitative entrepreneur
-also referred as adoptive entrepreneur
One who copies successful innovative
entrepreneurs have previously done,
most often with lower financial risks
and limited resources.
+ -Constantly trying to come up with the next big thing
6. Innovative + -always “new” / up-to-date