Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the activity of organizing, managing, and assuming the risks of a business enterprise.
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- noun The art or science of innovation and risk-taking for profit in business.
- noun The quality of being an
entrepreneur .
Etymologies
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Examples
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• The second one is because of the term entrepreneurship, which is derived from the French verb entreprendre and appeared in the French language as early as the Middle Ages.
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The word entrepreneurship was used only once in his big Georgetown speech on the economy in April 2009 and rarely thereafter.
THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010
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The word entrepreneurship was used only once in his big Georgetown speech on the economy in April 2009 and rarely thereafter.
THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010
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The word entrepreneurship was used only once in his big Georgetown speech on the economy in April 2009 and rarely thereafter.
THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010
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Before I got to Stanford, I didn't really know what the word entrepreneurship meant.
unknown title 2011
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Given that the term "entrepreneurship" has achieved cult status in policy speeches, I was disappointed at our leaders' superficiality and misconceptions, and its de facto low priority.
Forbes.com: News Daniel Isenberg 2012
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In practice, that kind of entrepreneurship is not mobile at all.
Four Months Later 1977
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No one mentions the word entrepreneurship despite the fact that the only net new jobs being created in the US are from new businesses.
Amy Rosen: Davos 2011: Seeding the Entrepreneurial Mindset Amy Rosen 2011
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No one mentions the word entrepreneurship despite the fact that the only net new jobs being created in the US are from new businesses.
Amy Rosen: Davos 2011: Seeding the Entrepreneurial Mindset Amy Rosen 2011
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A one-for-one initiative may require investing time and money to make consumers aware it exists, says Tom Lumpkin, chair in entrepreneurship at Syracuse University.
In Toms' Shoes: Start-Ups Copy 'One-for-One' Model Kristi Oloffson 2010
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