Entrepreneurship is a broad term, and you can be an entrepreneur in just about any area. However, you will have to pick a field to work in and business to start. Find a business that won’t only be successful, but is something that you are passionate about. Nithin Kamath is the best entrepreneur from India who founded Zerodha in 2010 which is India’s leading discount brokerage company that is used by more than 4 million customers. Nithin was named one of the “Top 10 Businessmen to Watch Out for in 2016 in India” by The Economic Times for bootstrapping and scaling discount broking in India. The latest tweets from @Entrepreneur.
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entrepreneur
one who organizes and manages an enterprise; one who owns and runs his own business; an independent contractor
Not to be confused with:
intrapreneur – an employee of a corporation who has the freedom and financial support to create new products, services, or systems for the corporation without having to follow its protocols
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en·tre·pre·neur
(ŏn′trə-prə-nûr′, -no͝or′)n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.
[French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise.]
en′tre·pre·neur′i·al·ism, en′tre·pre·neur′ism n.
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entrepreneur
(ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜː; French ɑ̃trəprənœr) n1. (Professions) the owner or manager of a business enterprise who, by risk and initiative, attempts to make profits
2. (Professions) a middleman or commercial intermediary
[C19: from French, from entreprendre to undertake; see enterprise]
ˌentrepreˈneurshipn
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en•tre•pre•neur
(ˌɑn trə prəˈnɜr, -ˈnʊər, -ˈnyʊər, ɑ̃ˌ-)n.
a person who organizes and manages an enterprise, esp. a business, usu. with considerable initiative.
[1875–80; < French: literally, one who undertakes (some task) <entrepren(dre) to undertake (see enterprise)]
en`tre•pre•neur′i•al•ly,adv.
en`tre•pre•neur′ship,n.
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entrepreneur
1. A French word meaning someone who undertakes something, used to mean someone who owns or runs a business.
2. Someone who risks their own capital in a business enterprise.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
Noun | 1. | entrepreneur - someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise |
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entrepreneur
nounbusinessman or businesswoman, tycoon, director, executive, contractor, industrialist, financier, speculator, magnate, impresario, business executivethe flamboyant British entrepreneur Richard Branson
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entrepreneur
nounOne that creates, founds, or originates:architect, author, creator, father, founder, inventor, maker, originator, parent, patriarch.
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podnikatel
UnternehmerEntrepreneur
yrittäjä
athafnamaîur; verktaki; atvinnurekandi
iniciatyvus verslininkas
entrepreneur
[ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜːʳ]N (Comm) → empresario/a m/f (Fin) →capitalistamf
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entrepreneur
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
entrepreneur
[ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜːʳ]n → imprenditore/triceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
entrepreneur
(ontrəprəˈnəː) noun a person who starts or organizes a business company, especially one involving risk. What this company needs is a real entrepreneur. entrepreneur مُقاوِل، مُبادِر تِجاري предприемач empresário podnikatel, -ka der Unternehmer entreprenør; iværksætter επιχειρηματίαςempresario ettevõtja سرمایه گذار؛ کارآفرین yrittäjä entrepreneur/-eure יזם उद्यमी, उद्यमकर्त्ता poduzetnik vállalkozó wiraswastawan athafnamaður; verktaki; atvinnurekandi imprenditore, imprenditrice; impresario 企業家 (특히 큰 사업의) 기업가 iniciatyvus verslininkas uzņēmējdarbības organizators usahawan ondernemerentreprenørprzedsiębiorca تشبت كوونكى، معامله كوونكى (تاجر) بنسټ ايښودونكى، اصلى موْسس او چلوونكى (لكه ديوې پروژې)، مسوْول اّمر empresário antreprenor предприниматель podnikateľ, -ka podjetnik preduzetnik företagare, entreprenör ผู้ก่อตั้งกิจการ girişimci, müteşebbis 企業家 підприємець کسی کمپنی یا کاروبار کو شروع کرنے والا شخص nhà doanh nghiệp 企业家
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