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While the loan from French of the English-language word "entrepreneur" dates to 1762, [35] the word "entrepreneurism" dates from 1902 [36] and the term "entrepreneurship" also first appeared in 1902. [37] According to Schumpeter, an entrepreneur is willing and able to convert a new idea or invention into a successful innovation. [38]
Ecopreneurship is a term coined to represent the process of principles of entrepreneurship being applied to create businesses that solve environmental problems or operate sustainably. The term began to be widely used in the 1990s, and it is otherwise referred to as "environmental entrepreneurship."
The terms social entrepreneur and social entrepreneurship were used first in the literature in 1953 by H. Bowen in his book Social Responsibilities of the Businessman. [43] The terms came into widespread use in the 1980s and 1990s, promoted by Bill Drayton, [44] Charles Leadbeater, and others. [45]
Intrapreneurship is the act of behaving like an entrepreneur while working within a large organization. Intrapreneurship is known as the practice of a corporate management style that integrates risk-taking and innovation approaches, as well as the reward and motivational techniques, that are more traditionally thought of as being the province of entrepreneurship.
Inclusive Entrepreneurship utilizes practices and partnerships developed through the three year (2006-2009) US Department of Labor/Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)-funded “Start-Up NY” program and the five year (2009-2014) Small Business Association's Program for Investment in Micro-entrepreneurs (SBA-PRIME).
A lifestyle business (also referred to as a lifestyle venture) [1] is a business set up and run by its founders primarily with the aim of living or maintaining a certain lifestyle.
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future is a 2014 book by the American entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel co-written with Blake Masters.It is a condensed and updated version of a highly popular set of online notes taken by Masters for the CS183 class on startups, as taught by Thiel at Stanford University in Spring 2012.
Creative entrepreneurship is the practice of setting up a business – or becoming self-employed - in one of the creative industries.The focus of the creative entrepreneur differs from that of the typical business entrepreneur or, indeed, the social entrepreneur in that they are concerned first and foremost with the creation and exploitation of creative or intellectual capital.