Founders & startup ecosystem · Core

Entrepreneur

Also called: business founder

ELI5

Someone who builds a new business or venture.

Used in conversation

“The entrepreneur is testing several models before incorporation.”

Definition

A person who organises resources and assumes risk to create or grow an enterprise.

Here “Entrepreneur” means: A person who organises resources and assumes risk to create or grow an enterprise.

Pitch context

You will see “Entrepreneur” in fundraising decks, data rooms, term sheets and investor conversations when the discussion reaches founders & startup ecosystem.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret founders & startup ecosystem without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.