හැදින්වීම (Introduction)

👉 Entrepreneur කියන්නේ:

• risk ගන්න පුළුවන් පුද්ගලයෙක්

• අලුත් ideas හදන පුද්ගලයෙක්

• economy එකට jobs, capital, wealth create කරන පුද්ගලයෙක්

👉 Entrepreneurs වැදගත් වන්නේ:

• economic development එකට main support එකක් නිසා

• industrial growth එක drive කරන නිසා

• innovation + risk-taking මගින් value create කරන නිසා

👉 Entrepreneurs ඉන්නේ:

• farmers, traders, engineers, bankers, professionals, politicians, etc.

👉 අද ලෝකයේ:

• liberalization + new economic policies නිසා entrepreneurship වැඩි වෙලා තියෙනවා

🔹 1. Economic Development අනුව (Clarence Danhof)

🔸 A. Innovating Entrepreneur (නවෝත්පාදන)

👉 අලුත් ideas හදන entrepreneur

ලක්ෂණ:

• new product / new market / new technology

• creative + innovative

• high risk take කරනවා

කාර්ය:

• business start කරනවා

• resources organize කරනවා

👉 Result:

✔️ economic development + modernization

🔸 B. Imitative Entrepreneur (අනුකරණ)

👉 අනිත් අයගේ ideas copy කරන entrepreneur

ලක්ෂණ:

• new invention නොකරයි

• existing technology adopt කරනවා

• low risk

වැදගත්කම:

• developing countries වල useful

• limited resources වලින් development කරයි

👉 Result:

✔️ technology spread කිරීම

🔸 C. Fabian Entrepreneur (ෆේබියන්)

👉 change accept නොකරන entrepreneur

ලක්ෂණ:

• shy + lazy

• old traditions follow කරනවා

• risk avoid කරනවා

• second generation business people

👉 Result:

✔️ slow growth / low innovation

🔸 D. Drone Entrepreneur (ඩ්‍රෝන්)

👉 completely change reject කරන entrepreneur

ලක්ෂණ:

• no innovation

• no opportunity use කිරීම

• traditional methods only

Result:

• market share loss

• business decline

• failure risk high

🔹 2. Business Type අනුව Entrepreneurs

🔸 A. Business Entrepreneur

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• අලුත් idea එකක් හදාගෙන business එකක් start කරනවා

• production + resources හොඳින් use කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• small හෝ large business start කරයි

• trading + manufacturing දෙකම කරන්න පුළුවන්

👉 Example:

✔️ small shop / startup business

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “අලුත් business idea එකක් convert කරන entrepreneur”

🔸 B. Trading Entrepreneur (වෙළඳාම)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• manufacturing නැහැ

• buying & selling (trade) කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• product market කරන්න දක්ෂයි

• demand increase කරනවා

• local + international trade කරන්න පුළුවන්

👉 Example:

✔️ import/export business, retail shop

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “buy and sell කරන entrepreneur”

🔸 C. Industrial Entrepreneur (කාර්මික)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• manufacturing කරනවා

• raw material → product බවට පත් කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• factory based

• production focus

• customer needs based products හදනවා

👉 Example:

✔️ textile factory, food factory

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “products හදන entrepreneur”

🔸 D. Corporate Entrepreneur (Corporate)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• company / organization manage කරනවා

• legal structure එකක් තියෙන business run කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• Companies Act යටතේ registered

• separate legal entity

• planning + management important

👉 Example:

✔️ large companies, corporations

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “big company manage කරන entrepreneur”

🔸 E. Agricultural Entrepreneur (කෘෂිකාර්මික)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• farming business කරනවා

• modern technology use කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• mechanization use කරනවා

• irrigation systems use කරනවා

• crop production focus

👉 Example:

✔️ commercial farming, greenhouse farming

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “farming business entrepreneur”

🔹 3. Technology භාවිතය අනුව Entrepreneurs

👉 නව technology භාවිතය ව්‍යාපාර දියුණුවට අතිශය වැදගත්යි

🔸 A. Technical Entrepreneur (තාක්ෂණික)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• technical knowledge තියෙනවා

• inventions / discoveries business කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• production + technology focus

• experts hire කරනවා (finance, legal, marketing)

• technical skill = main strength

👉 Success depends on:

✔️ product quality

✔️ market acceptance

👉 Example:

✔️ engineering based startups, tech companies

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “technology use කරලා business කරන entrepreneur”

🔸 B. Non-Technical Entrepreneur (අ-තාක්ෂණික)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• technical side එක ගැන focus කරන්නේ නැහැ

• marketing + promotion කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• sales strategies important

• product technical details ignore කරයි

👉 Example:

✔️ retail marketing business

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “marketing focus කරන entrepreneur”

🔸 C. Professional Entrepreneur (වෘත්තීය)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• business start කරනවා

• පසුව sell කරලා අලුත් business start කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• dynamic (active)

• new ideas constantly generate කරනවා

• management interest අඩු වෙන්න පුළුවන්

👉 Example:

✔️ startup → sell → new startup

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “start, sell, start again කරන entrepreneur”

🔹 4. Motivation අනුව Entrepreneurs

👉 motivation = entrepreneur එක drive කරන main force එක

🔸 A. Pure Entrepreneur

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• personal satisfaction සඳහා business කරනවා

• ego / status / enjoyment

ලක්ෂණ:

• profit only main goal නොවෙයි

• self satisfaction important

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “self satisfaction වෙනුවෙන් business කරන entrepreneur”

🔸 B. Induced Entrepreneur

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• government support නිසා business start කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• loans, subsidies, incentives ලබාගන්නවා

• small scale entrepreneurs වැඩිවශයෙන් මේ category එකට අයත්

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “government support නිසා business කරන entrepreneur”

🔸 C. Motivated Entrepreneur

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• profit + success නිසා motivate වෙනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• self fulfillment

• market opportunity use කරනවා

• new product ideas create කරනවා

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “profit සහ success නිසා business කරන entrepreneur”

🔹 5. Growth අනුව Entrepreneurs

👉 industrial growth level අනුව entrepreneurs වර්ග කරයි

🔸 A. Growth Entrepreneur (වර්ධන)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• high growth industry එකක් choose කරනවා

• business expand කරන්න කැමතියි

ලක්ෂණ:

• fast growth achieve කරනවා

• long-term expansion plan තියෙනවා

• growth opportunities search කරනවා

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “business එක grow කරන්න focus කරන entrepreneur”

🔸 B. Super-Growth Entrepreneur (අතිශය වර්ධන)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• extremely high performance දක්වනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• high sales turnover

• high profit

• strong financial position (liquidity)

• rapid expansion

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “very fast success + high profit entrepreneur”

🔹 6. Entrepreneurial Activity අනුව

👉 entrepreneur කරන activity pattern අනුව වර්ග කරයි

🔸 A. Novice Entrepreneur (නවක)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• first time business start කරනවා

• experience නැහැ

ලක්ෂණ:

• learning stage

• high uncertainty

• risk high

👉 Important note:

✔️ age doesn’t matter (any age can be novice)

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “first-time entrepreneur”

🔸 B. Serial Entrepreneur (අනුක්‍රමික)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• එක business එකක් කරනවා

• පස්සේ sell / close කරලා තවත් එකක් start කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• new ideas always

• dynamic personality

• one by one businesses

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “business start → sell → new start”

🔸 C. Portfolio Entrepreneur (පොර්ට්ෆෝලියෝ)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• එකවර business කිහිපයක් run කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• multiple income sources

• risk spread කරනවා

• business diversification

👉 Advantage:

✔️ risk අඩු

✔️ profit opportunities වැඩි

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “many businesses at the same time”

Other Types of Entrepreneurs

🔸 1. First-Generation Entrepreneur (පළමු පරපුර)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• family business background නැතිව start කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• own idea + innovation

• new business create කරනවා

• risk high

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “first time business start කරන entrepreneur”

🔸 2. Modern Entrepreneur (නවීන)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• current market trends අනුව business කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• changing environment adapt කරනවා

• modern technology use කරනවා

• customer needs focus කරනවා

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “modern market එකට suit වෙන entrepreneur”

🔸 3. Women Entrepreneur (කාන්තා ව්‍යාපාරිකයින්)

👉 මේ:

• women විසින් run කරන business

ලක්ෂණ:

• government support වැඩි

• different sectors වල active

• economic contribution important

👉 Requirement (exam point):

✔️ 51% ownership women should have

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “women-led business owner”

🔸 4. Nascent Entrepreneur (ආරම්භක අවධිය)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• business start කරන process එකේ ඉන්නවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• idea stage / startup stage

• uncertainty high

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “starting stage entrepreneur”

🔸 5. Habitual Entrepreneur (පුරුදු ව්‍යාපාරිකයා)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• previous experience තියෙනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• repeat business start කරනවා

• experienced person

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “experienced entrepreneur”

🔸 6. Lifestyle Entrepreneur (ජීවන රටාව)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• lifestyle balance කරන business කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• income + freedom focus

• not only profit

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “life style එකට suit වෙන business”

🔸 7. Copreneurs (යුගල ව්‍යාපාරිකයෝ)

👉 මේ:

• husband + wife together business run කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• shared ownership

• shared responsibility

• family business style

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “couple business owners”

🔸 8. IT Entrepreneur (තාක්ෂණ ව්‍යාපාරිකයා)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• technology based business කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• innovative

• global market reach

• competitive

👉 Example:

✔️ apps, software companies

🔸 9. Social Entrepreneur (සමාජ ව්‍යාපාරිකයා)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• social problems solve කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• profit second

• society first

• charity + development work

👉 Example:

✔️ education, poverty reduction

🔸 10. Forced Entrepreneur (බලහත්කාරයෙන්)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• situation නිසා business start කරනවා

හේතු:

• unemployment

• government policy change

• return from abroad

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “need 때문에 business කරන entrepreneur”

🔸 11. Individual & Institutional Entrepreneur

🔹 Individual Entrepreneur

👉 එක පුද්ගලයෙක් business run කරනවා

✔️ fast decisions

✔️ flexibility

🔹 Institutional Entrepreneur

👉 group / company level entrepreneurship

✔️ big decisions together

✔️ corporate structure

🔸 12. Entrepreneurs by Inheritance (උරුමයෙන්)

👉 මේ entrepreneur:

• family business inherit කරනවා

ලක්ෂණ:

• ready market

• existing business system

• next generation continue කරනවා

👉 Simple idea:

✔️ “family business continue කරන entrepreneur”