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May 29, 2015 23:43
8 yrs ago
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English term

entrepreneurial businesses

English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Occurs multiple times in a lengthy CV of an apparently highly successful Channel Islands finance specialist, but not much context really; one achievement of the bloke was to "'corporatize' entrepreneurial businesses and rationalize poor business units". Does it really mean anything more than an enterprise or a business or is it just a word supposed to impress and perplex me because I can't grasp the purpose of this combination of the two words?
Responses
3 +3 start-up business
References
Synonyms are always useful

Discussion

Sheila Wilson May 30, 2015:
It does have a meaning He's turning companies essentially based around one wo/man's dreams and energies into corporations that will survive even without their founder at the helm 24/7.

Responses

+3
46 mins
English term (edited): entrepreneurial business
Selected

start-up business

This 'bloke' has apparently helped 'start-up' businesses progress to/towards 'corporate' status.

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Note added at 48 mins (2015-05-30 00:32:15 GMT)
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Think Steve Jobs --> Apple, for example. Or Bill Gates --> M$.
Peer comment(s):
agree Sheila Wilson : As a Brit I'd be thinking Richard Branson, Virgin
7 hrs
agree Veronika McLaren
11 hrs
agree Tina Vonhof (X)
20 hrs
neutral AllegroTrans : I am not sure; this may be too restrictive, the businesses concerned may have been operating (say as sole traders) for some time; I think the emphasis here is on innovative/ambitious etc.
1 day 20 hrs
agree Charlesp
2 days 9 hrs
disagree Lara Barnett : I agree with AllegroTrans, an "Entrepreneurial business" does not necessarily have to be a "start-up".
3 days 5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."

Reference comments

13 hrs
Reference:

Synonyms are always useful

Synonyms for entrepreneurial
adj progressive

ambitious star
enterprising star

go-getting star
gumptious star

pioneering star
up-and-coming star

See more synonyms for go-ahead
Antonyms for entrepreneurial

denied
vetoed

Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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More words related to entrepreneurial
go-ahead
adj. progressive

ambitious
enterprising

entrepreneurial
go-getting

gumptious
pioneering

up-and-coming

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Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Lara Barnett
2 days 17 hrs
thanks LB!
agree Björn Vrooman : Nice listing. Synonyms can be tricky, but they sure help.
10 days
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