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What is an Entrepreneur?


Entrepreneurship is . . .
"the process of identifying, developing, and bringing a vision to life."
- Entrepreneurship Center at Miami University of Ohio

Interesting Entrepreneurship Information
An entrepreneur -derived from the French words 'entre' (ie: enter) and 'prendre'(ie: take)- is, in its most general sense, a person who creates or starts a new project, opportunity, or venture. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur)


Definitions of ENTREPRENEUR on the Web:

Entrepreneur.com - - Entrepreneurs possess the ability to perceive the world as a system. Without a doubt, every entrepreneur worth his or her salt is a "systems thinker."
A systems thinker:
  • Transcends the world in order to transform it.
  • Is an inventor as opposed to an engineer.
  • Sees purpose in everything, and sees the system as the realization of the purpose.
  • Sees meaning in everything and, if not, pursues everything until the meaning becomes clear, until the system reveals itself in all its glory.
  • Is possessed by the meaning of things.

Courtesy of Google Search: What is an Entrepreneur?
Note: Some links may be broken. This list was generated by a Google search and may have required special programming to access some pages.

  • Innovator. One who recognizes opportunities and organizes resources to take advantage of the opportunity.
    www.onlinewbc.gov/...
  • One who assumes the financial risk of the initiation, operation, and management of a given business or undertaking.
    www.business.gov/...
  • Individual who starts a new business. Venture capital is often used to finance the startup costs in return for an equity share. Once the business is established, an entrepreneur may choose to raise additional capital by selling equity shares to the public through an initial public offering.
    www.americancentury.com/...
  • A person who takes the risk of organizing and operating a new business venture. (This is an attitude that can be of value in more traditional employment as well.)
    www.acceleratoronline.com/...
  • Someone who attempts to profit by risk and initiative.
    www.scottish-enterprise.com/...
  • a person who organises and manages a business, but usually only applied to people who have shown exceptional ability and imagination in launching and succeeding with new business ventures.
    www.smallbiz.nsw.gov.au/smallbusiness/...
  • A person who starts a business.
    www-personal.umich.edu/...
  • someone who is willing to assume the responsibility, risk and rewards of starting and operating a business.
    cfdccariboo.com/...
  • An innovator of business enterprise who recognizes opportunities to introduce a new product, a new process or an improved organization, and who raises the necessary money, assembles the factors for production and organizes an operation to exploit the opportunity.
    www.powerhomebiz.com/...
  • A person who organizes and manages a business undertaking, assuming the risk for the sake of the profit
    www.ifdn.com/...
  • Generally used to refer to any individual who sets up their own business.
    www.z2z.com/...
  • French word which translates roughly as "enterpriser." In capitalism, a speculator who invests capital in stocks, land and machinery, as well as the exploitation of wage labor, in the pursuit of profits.
    www.workers.org/...
  • An individual who starts his/her own business.
    strategis.ic.gc.ca/...
  • Someone who creates a new business, organization, or idea to make profit. The word is embed with a connotation of innovation, adaptation, and risk management....
    www.elissetche.org/...
  • A person who engages in the process of entrepreneurship.
    mvp.cfee.org/en/...
  • Person who owns, operates, and takes the risk of starting a business venture.
    www.economicadventure.org/...
  • a contractor acting as intermediary between capital and labour.
    www.schoolnet.ca/...
  • an individual who starts a new business enterprise, especially one involving a new product or service.
    www.fasttrackteaching.com/...
  • A French term for a person who undertakes and develops a new enterprise at some risk (or failure or loss). Although the words innovator, proprietor, and capitalist are used in the same sense, there are subtle differences that make the term " entrepreneur " preferable.
    www.indiainfoline.com/...
  • An individual who undertakes an enterprise or business, with the chance of profit or loss. Executive Group Leader: Normally a user whose has several group leaders below him in a downline. Top F FFA (Free For All): Free advertising websites found on the Web. Flagship: Something that is held to be the best or most important of its kind.
    www.global-online-internet-business-opportunities.com/...
  • A word to describe an enterprising businessperson. Normally an owner of an independent business.
    www.fanshawelofts.co.uk/...
  • a person who sets up and manages a project or business
    www.stepin.org/...
  • An entrepreneur is someone who assumes the financial risk of beginning and managing a new venture. The venture can be based on a totally new idea, a new way of doing something, a new location, or attempting something no one else has done before.
    www.cybercitymommies.com/...
  • Individual who starts an enterprise with its associated risks and responsibilities.
    www.peakagents.ca/...
  • someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
    wordnet.princeton.edu/...
  • An entrepreneur -derived from the French words 'entre' (ie: enter) and 'prendre'(ie: take)- is, in its most general sense, a person who creates or starts a new project, opportunity, or venture.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur


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