entrepreneur
(noun)
A person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk.
Examples of entrepreneur in the following topics:
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Common Traits of Entrepreneurs
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Defining an Entrepreneur
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Common Backgrounds of Entrepreneurs
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Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurs are innovators, willing to take risks and generate new ideas to create unique and potentially profitable solutions to modern-day problems.
- Entrepreneurship ranges in scale from solo projects (that can even involve the entrepreneur working only part-time) to major undertakings that create many job opportunities.
- Entrepreneurs have become an integral part of business.
- Many kinds of organizations now exist to support would-be entrepreneurs, including specialized government agencies, business incubators, science parks, and some non-governmental organizations.
- Joseph Schumpeter describes an entrepreneur as "a person who is willing and able to convert a new idea or invention into a successful innovation."
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Defining Intrapreneurship
- Intrapreneurship means behaving like an entrepreneur while working within a large organization.
- Intrapreneurship means behaving like an entrepreneur while working within a large organization.
- The intrapreneur acts as an "inside entrepreneur" who focuses on innovation and creativity while operating within the goals and environment of an organization.
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Mintzberg's Management Roles
- Entrepreneur: searches the organization and its environment and initiates improvement projects to bring about change; supervises design of certain projects as well.
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Leadership and Task/Follower Characteristics: House
- Occupations in which the achievement motive was most predominant were technical jobs, salespersons, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs.