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entrepreneurship

NOUN
state of running a business with considerable initiative and risk
Synonyms
STRONG
enterprise entrepreneurialism entrepreneurism venture capital
WEAK


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While millennials and Gen X account for larger shares of new entrepreneurs, Fairlie said the entrepreneurship rate among younger adults seems to be settling at a higher level.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

We’ve seen early reports of more entrepreneurship in the post-AI era.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

“The spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation that helped define the original Gilt continues to inform how we evolve the brand today,” a spokesperson for Rue Gilt Groupe said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The practice of a young entrepreneur borrowing money to buy a company and become its boss is known as entrepreneurship by acquisition or "search-fund investing".

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Together they opened a series of small piece- goods stores, painstakingly learning the details of small- business entrepreneurship.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell



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