What types of businesses do micro-entrepreneurs operate?
Micro-entrepreneurs run extremely diverse businesses known as micro enterprises. These endeavors are usually very small-scale, typically just supporting a single staff person — the micro-entrepreneur. However, sometimes businesses are successful enough to employ additional employees. Types of business vary widely geographic location and may include shining shoes, selling items as a street vendor, selling agricultural products, raising chickens, selling buffalo milk to neighbors, weaving, sewing, or baking.