Entrepreneurs

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en·tre·pre·neurs

/ˈäntrəprəˌno͝ors,ˈäntrəprəˌnərs/

noun

noun: entrepreneur; plural noun: entrepreneurs

1. a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
2. a person who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down.
3. a person who works 100 hours per week for themselves to avoid working 40 hours per week for someone else.
4. a person who performs precision guesswork based on unreliable data.
See also: wizard, magician

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