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entrepreneurIn business, a person who successfully manages and develops an enterprise through personal skill and initiative. Examples include US industrialist John D Rockefeller, US manufacturer Henry Ford, English businesswoman Anita Roddick, and English businessman Richard Branson. An entrepreneur is generally willing to take risks in pursuit of profit. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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As an example, the ex-student who recognizes the difficulties in front of her, can make an about-face and enter the world of entrepreneurism without much of a formal education. People look at entrepreneurism as a career alternative oftentimes. First pioneered out of Harvard about 10 years ago, the concept of social entrepreneurism uses business principals to solve social problems, says Tim Orlando, an investor who is teaching a class on the subject at San Diego State University. |
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