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ontr-uh-pr-uh-NUR/ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜː/

An entrepreneur is someone who starts a business and takes on the risk in hope of profit. Business owner is everyday and can include people who bought an existing shop; founder is close for the starter. Entrepreneurial is the adjective; entrepreneurship is the activity. The word can praise initiative or, in critical writing, a certain economic ideology. In speech, she started her own business is plainer.

Meaning

A person who starts a business, taking on the risk in hope of profit.

Examples

• “The entrepreneur opened a small language school.”
• “The entrepreneur hired two tutors before she had a logo.”
• “Entrepreneurial energy is not a substitute for a solvent cash flow.”

Good to know

Starts a business and takes the risk. Adjective: entrepreneurial. Everyday: business founder / owner.

Near in meaning

founder

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