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a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money
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Recent Examples of entrepreneurs
Its 2025 edition highlighted how a blue-collar career can be a more than viable alternative to college for entrepreneurs such as Palmer.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
Executives and entrepreneurs have been for some time finding that other states offer better opportunities (but government managers in California have been hiring, which does more harm to the private sector more than good).
—Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
The venture works with waste picker entrepreneurs in India to provide dignified work within the circular value chain.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
What many donors don’t realize is that those charitable dollars can also be deployed into impact investments to fund entrepreneurs aligned with their values.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Understanding this connection between emotions and financial resources can give entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals a competitive advantage in wealth-building and long-term financial well-being.
—Shane Enete, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Tsai added that open-source models give the power of AI to everyone from small entrepreneurs to large corporations, which will lead to more development, innovation and a proliferation of AI applications.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
Executives and entrepreneurs have been for some time finding that other states offer better opportunities (but government managers in California have been hiring, which does more harm to the private sector more than good).
—Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
The venture works with waste picker entrepreneurs in India to provide dignified work within the circular value chain.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
What many donors don’t realize is that those charitable dollars can also be deployed into impact investments to fund entrepreneurs aligned with their values.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Understanding this connection between emotions and financial resources can give entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals a competitive advantage in wealth-building and long-term financial well-being.
—Shane Enete, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Tsai added that open-source models give the power of AI to everyone from small entrepreneurs to large corporations, which will lead to more development, innovation and a proliferation of AI applications.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrepreneurs
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In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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Affirm, PayPal, Afterpay—everyone is targeting the same merchants and users.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The program partners with waste pickers, sorters and traders who comb landfills and other waste collection facilities for recyclable materials.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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And if the Fed ends up cutting fewer times than traders expect, including three this year, the market could retreat in disappointment.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Entrepreneurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrepreneurs. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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