- a person who makes money by starting or running businesses, especially when this involves taking financial risks
- A creative entrepreneur, he was continually dreaming up new projects.
- a recent MBA graduate and budding entrepreneur
Wordfinderaccountant, agent, auditor, CEO, chairman, consultant, entrepreneur, executive, managerExtra ExamplesTopics Jobsb2, Businessb2- a serial entrepreneur who had founded four companies
- The risks of starting your own business can be very great, and most budding entrepreneurs find that they have never worked so hard in their lives.
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Word Originearly 19th cent. (denoting the director of a musical institution): from French, from entreprendre ‘undertake’, based on Latin prendere, prehendere ‘to take’.Want to learn more?
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