An entrepreneur is a person who starts, organizes, and manages a business or venture, taking on significant financial risk in the hope of making a profit.econlib+3
In standard business usage, the entrepreneur is the individual who founds or owns a firm and assumes unusually high levels of risk and responsibility compared with ordinary employees, often investing personal capital and making key strategic decisions. In economics, the entrepreneur is viewed as an agent of change who discovers or creates new ways of combining resources, introduces new products or technologies, and helps translate inventions into marketable goods and services. Many sources also emphasize that entrepreneurs typically identify market opportunities, innovate, and coordinate the factors of production—land, labor, and capital—so that a new or improved business can operate and grow.fiveable+9
The word itself comes from French, from entreprendre, meaning “to undertake,” reflecting the idea of someone who undertakes a venture or project involving uncertainty and risk.schoolofmoney+1