business venture
Risky profit pursuit
A business venture is an enterprise undertaken with the expectation of profit, typically involving some financial risk.
The term often implies a new or speculative undertaking rather than an established operation: She's looking for investors for her latest business venture.
Joint ventures involve two or more parties pooling resources for a shared commercial purpose.
- angel investorIndividual funding early-stage companies
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- bootstrappingSelf-starting without external input
- founderOne who begins something
- startupNew business enterprise
ground floor · seed funding · partnership · pivot · crowdfunding · equity stake · incubator · accelerator · private equity · capital · burn rate · pitch · acquisition · opportunity · undertaking · endeavor · deal · stakeholder
- investmentinvestor, financier, backer, angel investor, FDI
- crowdfundingbacker, backers, campaign, contribution, contributor
business venturehobby
Recreational leisure activity
pastime · leisure activity · labor of love · recreation · recreational activity
business ventureday job
Primary paid employment
sure thing · guaranteed income · safe bet · sinecure · tenure
business, venture, industry, enterprise, investment, businesslike, ventures, businesses, entrepreneurship