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entrepreneurship

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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From entrepreneur +‎ -ship.

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Examples

  • • 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.

    The Austrian Economists: 2005

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Before I got to Stanford, I didn't really know what the word entrepreneurship meant.

    unknown title 2011

  • 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

  • In practice, that kind of entrepreneurship is not mobile at all.

    Four Months Later 1977

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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