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Founders & startup ecosystem · Core

Entrepreneur

Also called: business founder

ELI5

Someone who builds a new business or venture.

Used in conversation

“The entrepreneur is testing several models before incorporation.”

Definition

A person who organises resources and assumes risk to create or grow an enterprise.

Here “Entrepreneur” means: A person who organises resources and assumes risk to create or grow an enterprise.

Pitch context

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Sources & evidence · 5

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.