The growth of any business enterprise depends on different factors including its entrepreneur's biographic characteristics. This study aims at exploring these characteristics and analyzing their effects on the growth of small enterprises in Kerala. The entrepreneurs ’(300 numbers) were selected randomly for the study using multi-stage sampling technique constitute and have been interviewed personally. Findings of the study reveal that relatively higher educated and married male entrepreneurs, having business experience of less than ten years, were significant group to enter the business. The majority of the sample entrepreneurs hailed from non-business family and had started their business at young and middle age. Results also claim that entrepreneurs ’biographic characteristics except family background and marital status play a significant role in the growth of small enterprises ’equity capital, production, employment, sales and profit.
Entrepreneurs, Biographic Characteristics, Business, Growth, Small Enterprise
