entrepreneurial
adjective
en·tre·pre·neur·ial
ˌän-trə-p(r)ə-ˈnər-ē-əl 
-ˈn(y)u̇r-,
ˌäⁿn-
: having to do with the creation and development of economic ventures : of, relating to, characteristic of, or suited to an entrepreneur
entrepreneurial skills/ambitions/projects
entrepreneurial zeal
With your colleagues and the kids out of the way, what do you buy for that spouse or friend who's gone the entrepreneurial route and is working at home?—
Don Crabb
Don CrabbHarvard Business School, long known as a gateway to corporate America, last October established a beachhead in the nation's entrepreneurial epicenter, California's Silicon Valley.—Marc Ballon
Marc Ballon… economic development is more likely to occur (if at all) in the more entrepreneurial southern region.—Sarah Searight
Sarah Searight
also
: engaged or interested in the development of economic ventures
an ambitious and entrepreneurial young woman
a company founded by a group of entrepreneurial scientists
entrepreneurialism
noun
The map shows the distribution of high-tech manufacturing firms in the southeastern United States …, helping to identify towns and cities that are lodestones of high-tech entrepreneurialism.
—John Tierney
John Tierney
entrepreneurially
adverb
… some 25 teams, drawn mostly from the ranks of universities and entrepreneurially minded engineers …
—Joseph Hooper
Joseph Hooper
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Bob’s entrepreneurial journey was riddled with struggle—brushing up against home foreclosure, teetering on the edge of losing his car, facing the relentless uncertainty that comes with building something from nothing.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
The new owner of Cloverleaf Plaza is rapper Flo Rida, who purchased the property two years ago with his business partner with the hopes of transforming it into an entrepreneurial hub for Black residents in Miami Gardens.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
An entrepreneurial attitude serves you as the sun and Mars harmonize.
—USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Boarding the Tohoku Shinkansen Hayabusa No. 60 alongside Kusanagi are Kanata Hosoda as conductor Fujii, Non as driver Matsumoto, Machiko Ono as House of Representatives member Kagami, Jun Kaname as entrepreneurial YouTuber Todoroki, and Hana Toyoshima as student Yuzuki Onodera.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
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Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
The new owner of Cloverleaf Plaza is rapper Flo Rida, who purchased the property two years ago with his business partner with the hopes of transforming it into an entrepreneurial hub for Black residents in Miami Gardens.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
An entrepreneurial attitude serves you as the sun and Mars harmonize.
—USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Boarding the Tohoku Shinkansen Hayabusa No. 60 alongside Kusanagi are Kanata Hosoda as conductor Fujii, Non as driver Matsumoto, Machiko Ono as House of Representatives member Kagami, Jun Kaname as entrepreneurial YouTuber Todoroki, and Hana Toyoshima as student Yuzuki Onodera.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Entrepreneurial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entrepreneurial. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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