entrepreneur

Launches their own

An entrepreneur is someone who takes a financial risk and launches a new business.

In market economies, entrepreneur usually has positive connotations.

Someone who simply owns or runs a business is not usually called an entrepreneur, unless they also started the business.

founder

CEO

Top corporate officer

pioneer · trailblazer · mogul · tycoon · magnate · self-made · solopreneur · hustler · builder · creator

funding

seed

Embryonic plant capsule

equity · bootstrap · investor · pitch · valuation · Series A · round · capital · backer · portfolio

business

venture

Risky new undertaking

partnership · corporation · franchise · ownership · profit · revenue · trade · commerce · capitalism · industry

risk

venture

Risky new undertaking

chance · boldness · daring · stake · reward · fortune · calculated risk · bet · exposure · downside

innovation

invention

New device or method

patent · idea · creativity · design · technology · solution · experimentation · iteration · originality · product

growth

scalable

Able to increase capacity

accelerator · incubator · minimum viable product · traction · expansion · scaling · growth hacking · customer acquisition · runway · milestone

Categories
Opposites
employment relationship

entrepreneuremployee

Hired organizational member

worker · wage earner · salaried worker · hired hand · subordinate

risk orientation

entrepreneurtenured professor

Faculty with permanent appointment

pauper · bankrupt

initiative and agency

entrepreneurfollower

One who supports another

conformist · yes-man · implementer · imitator · maintainer

Phrases
Family

entrepreneurial, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurialism, entrepreneurially

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G