Nine Types of Entrepreneurs
Successful entrepreneurs are supposed to be outgoing, risk-taking workaholics.
But Rhonda Abrams says there are actually nine different types of entrepreneurs, each with their own style and interests, allowing more of us the chance to enjoy the joy of entrepreneuring:
1. Adviser: Some entrepreneurs are paid for giving advice, such as lawyers, accountants, and financial advisers.
2. Administrator/Organizer: Like organizing? You can plan weddings, oversee projects, or take care of accounts, databases, and order fulfilment.
3. Builders/Creators: Artists, bakers, carpenters, and designers are examples of entrepreneurs driven to create something tangible where it did not exist before.
4. Caretaker: People with a helping personality find opportunities taking care of people, plants or property.
5. Communicator/Trainer: If you can transmit information or communicate in different languages you might find demand in sales, marketing, writing, training or a variety of information services.
6. Entertainer/Host: If you thrive on being with people, you may find an entrepreneurial opening in the hospitality industry or service industries such as hairdressing. Or you may be an entertainer, actor, musician, or singer.
7. Investor/Owner: If you have money to invest you can put your capital to work for you investing in stocks, real estate or businesses.
8. Seller: This covers salespeople and brokers in our purchases, from real estate to insurance to art.
9. Technologist/Engineer: If you love figuring out computers, autos and engines, you may want to explore entrepreneurial opportunities in software development, engineering or technology.
Which entrepreneur are you?
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mabel moses on October 23rd, 2007 7:35 am
pls i want you to please e-mail the different types of enterpreneurs,,,,,,,,,,,,,……..
Fred333 on October 23rd, 2007 10:22 am
I think I fit several of those categories.
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bubbles on August 23rd, 2009 11:27 am
is there more ”diffrent typed of entreprenuers?
Eric Janssen on December 17th, 2009 6:34 pm
I just wrote a post on two additional types of entrepreneurs. However, my list is much more general. I say there are two types: Explorers, and Generals.
The Explorers are like Christopher Columbus. They begin their voyages into places they don’t fully understand and allow their destination to emerge over time as they continue on their voyage.
The Generals start with a given set of means (military training, political power) and seek to identify the best way to arrive at their goal. The entrepreneurial Generals begin with a set of means: their abilities, their education/experience, and their networks (who they know) and use this set of means to come up with new ideas/solutions to problems.
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