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    Entrepreneur

    What Entrepreneur means in Business GCSE, as defined for OCR.

    Definitions of Entrepreneur

    Exam boards and our study guides word this term in slightly different ways. Learn the version your board uses.

    A person who organises, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.
    OCR · The role of business enterprise and entrepreneurship (study guide)
    A person who takes the financial risk of starting and managing a new business.
    OCR · Business activity (study guide)

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