entrepreneur
noun
a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
entrepreneurship
-
a word derived from
entrepreneur.
Example Sentences
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In 2002, Draper co-founded what is now the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, funding what he called social entrepreneurship at organizations seeking to help underserved people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
While millennials and Gen X account for larger shares of new entrepreneurs, Fairlie said the entrepreneurship rate among younger adults seems to be settling at a higher level.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
But there are real lessons in that story about entrepreneurship and the American dream.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Solo entrepreneurship is also taking off in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Together they opened a series of small piece- goods stores, painstakingly learning the details of small- business entrepreneurship.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
