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• n  someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it

• Entrepreneurs are the engine of the growth of a nation's economy.
• Could the French fondness for a single job for life be giving away to a new spirit of entrepreneurialism? The number of new private businesses launched in France is soaring.
• For the social-entrepreneur CEO of Belu, pursuing a purpose might be easier if he pursues a profit too.

• enterpriser

News & Articles

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• Social Entrepreneur Peter Thum Is Converting Guns Into Jewelry
  While University of Texas student Cody Wilson has raised controversy by creating the world?s first 3D printable gun, social entrepreneur Peter Thum is taking the opposite tack. Thum has created a company that works with municipalities and law enforcement leaders to repurpose the illegal guns they seize  into jewelry. The resulting pieces include two bracelets, a necklace and a ring in a unisex ...
  June 15, 2013 - Forbes
• Ernst & Young Announces Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Award Winners in San Diego
  Ernst & Young LLP today announced the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 award winners in San Diego. The award recognizes outstanding high-growth entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
  June 14, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Ernst & Young Announces Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Award Winners in Upper Midwest
  Ernst & Young LLP announces the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Award winners in the Upper Midwest. The award recognizes outstanding high-growth entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
  June 14, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in International Herald Tribune
  Obama told reporters on Tuesday that while bankers shouldn't get rich on the taxpayers' dime, "the rest of us can't afford to demonize every investor or entrepreneur who seeks to make a profit. That drive is what has always fueled our prosperity,...
• Jimmy Carter in FOXNews
  One of Habitat's highest-profile volunteers, former President Jimmy Carter, called Fuller "one of the most extraordinary people I have ever known. He used his remarkable gifts as an entrepreneur for the benefit of millions of needy people around the...
• Donald Trump in USA Today
  He's strong, he's smart, he's tough, he's vicious, he's violent - all of the ingredients you need to be an entrepreneur, and most importantly, hopefully he's smart because smart is really the ingredient,Trump said.