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An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative. [1] This list includes notable entrepreneurs. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Jeffry A. Timmons (1941–2008) was an American Professor of Entrepreneurship, known as a pioneer of both entrepreneurship research and education. During his career Timmons published several books and over a hundred articles and papers. He lectured on the subjects of entrepreneurship, new ventures, entrepreneurial finance and venture capital.
Social entrepreneurship in the United States (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Entrepreneurship in the United States" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Endeavor is an organization headquartered in New York City which supports entrepreneurs with potential for economic and social impact in their regions. [2] The organization provides the entrepreneurs in its network with services that assist them in growing ventures, creating jobs, transforming economies, and supporting future generations of entrepreneurs.
Words like "leadership" and "entrepreneurship" do not always translate well into other cultures and languages. For example, in North America a leader is often thought of as charismatic, but German culture frowns on such charisma due to the charisma of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (1889–1945). Other cultures, as in some European countries, view ...
Edison, who patented the electric light bulb in 1880 during Rutherford B. Hayes' presidency, has been ranked one of America’s top 10 entrepreneurs in all of our surveys, while President Hayes is ...
Baumol has argued that entrepreneurship can be either productive or unproductive. [15] Unproductive entrepreneurs may pursue economic rents or crime. Societies differ significantly in how they allocate entrepreneurial activities between the two forms of entrepreneurship, depending on the 'rules of the game' such as the laws in each society.
From January 2008 to May 2008, if you bought shares in companies when Milledge A. Hart III joined the board, and sold them when she left, you would have a -0.8 percent return on your investment, compared to a -5.0 percent return from the S&P 500.