entrepreneur

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Amid a recession, two wars, and a global financial crisis, will he come to see that unleashing the entrepreneur is the best way to raise the revenue he needs for his lofty priorities?

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  1. noun A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.

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  • It usually means (a) that the entrepreneur is a developer who can build a first version and get some traction without any outside money, and (b) that the entrepreneur, being young, sees a trend that older people miss.
  • The telltale signs for a VC to not trust the entrepreneur is when they see an entrepreneur: Get more defensive during tough times, rather than more transparent.
  • The reward for the entrepreneur is not just about the money – although, sure, they are motivated by the money -- but what really drives great entrepreneurs is the ego, pride and feeling of recognition and respect.
  • If your entrepreneur is at all community minded, you'll find them attracting and collecting people a lot like them. —  WordPress.com News
  • If the entrepreneur is the archetypal figure of the age of security who still respected 'the boundary between property and speculation', the new archetype of the age of securitisation - the arbitrageur - no longer does so (p. 22). —  Mute magazine - Culture and politics after the net - CULTURE AND POLITICS AFTER THE NET
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  1. French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise.

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  1. French, from entreprendre, undertake: see enterprise.
 

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/ɑntrprəˈnər/
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