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4.05Entrepreneurship
Term | Definition |
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business plan | A proposal that describes a new business. |
demographics | Data that describes a group of people in terms of their age, marital status, family size, ethnic background, gender, education, and income. |
entrepreneur | An individual who undertakes the risk associated with creating, organizing, and owning a business. |
entrepreneurship | The process of starting and operating one's own business. |
free enterprise system | A system where businesses are owned by private individuals and groups, not by the government. |
opportunity | An idea that has commercial value. |
risk | The chance of damage or loss. |
venture | A business undertaking involving risk. |
sole proprietorship | A business owned and operated by one person. |
partnership | A form of business ownership where two or more individuals share assets, liabilities, and profits. |
corporation | A business that is chartered by the state and legally operates apart from its owners. Owned by stockholders and run by a CEO. |
franchise | The right to sell a company's goods or services in a particular geographic area. |
retail business | A type of business that sells products directly to consumers. |
non-profit | An organization that is set up to help those in need but not to make a profit from the business. |
service business | Work done for others for a profit. |