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
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🔹 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
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🔸 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
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🔸 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
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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”
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🔹 4. Motivation අනුව Entrepreneurs
👉 motivation = entrepreneur එක drive කරන main force එක
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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”
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🔹 6. Entrepreneurial Activity අනුව
👉 entrepreneur කරන activity pattern අනුව වර්ග කරයි
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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”
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🔸 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”
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🔸 5. Habitual Entrepreneur (පුරුදු ව්යාපාරිකයා)
👉 මේ entrepreneur:
• previous experience තියෙනවා
ලක්ෂණ:
• repeat business start කරනවා
• experienced person
👉 Simple idea:
✔️ “experienced entrepreneur”
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🔸 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”
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🔸 7. Copreneurs (යුගල ව්යාපාරිකයෝ)
👉 මේ:
• husband + wife together business run කරනවා
ලක්ෂණ:
• shared ownership
• shared responsibility
• family business style
👉 Simple idea:
✔️ “couple business owners”
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🔸 8. IT Entrepreneur (තාක්ෂණ ව්යාපාරිකයා)
👉 මේ entrepreneur:
• technology based business කරනවා
ලක්ෂණ:
• innovative
• global market reach
• competitive
👉 Example:
✔️ apps, software companies
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🔸 9. Social Entrepreneur (සමාජ ව්යාපාරිකයා)
👉 මේ entrepreneur:
• social problems solve කරනවා
ලක්ෂණ:
• profit second
• society first
• charity + development work
👉 Example:
✔️ education, poverty reduction
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🔸 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”
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🔸 11. Individual & Institutional Entrepreneur
🔹 Individual Entrepreneur
👉 එක පුද්ගලයෙක් business run කරනවා
✔️ fast decisions
✔️ flexibility
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🔹 Institutional Entrepreneur
👉 group / company level entrepreneurship
✔️ big decisions together
✔️ corporate structure
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🔸 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”