Definition of "entrepreneur" []

• A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. (noun)

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• "From an etymological point-of-view, the word entrepreneur is based on the Sanskrit word "Antha Prerna," which in translation means "self-motivated.""
• "The word entrepreneur derives from the French word that refers to the source of the event, the one who initiates."
• "My understanding is that it was he who invented the term entrepreneur and who coined the phrase in order to explain why the market economy was so successful."