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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Ava still feels the pressure from her entrepreneurial father, who will appear on the show.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 3 June 2025
Acknowledging an ebullient entrepreneurial spirit among the youth in the Kingdom with a strong female component, too, Zinola said that the school’s ultimate goal is to foster those creative and business seeds.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 2 June 2025
The program had a simple goal: Help inmates think differently about themselves, teach the possibilities of thinking in an entrepreneurial way, and, in the final analysis, offer them a window to understanding some of the structure and financial principles needed in starting a business.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
MarketsandMarkets sees entrepreneurial new entrants to the sector as playing a major role in accelerating innovation.
—David Prosser, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 3 June 2025
Acknowledging an ebullient entrepreneurial spirit among the youth in the Kingdom with a strong female component, too, Zinola said that the school’s ultimate goal is to foster those creative and business seeds.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 2 June 2025
The program had a simple goal: Help inmates think differently about themselves, teach the possibilities of thinking in an entrepreneurial way, and, in the final analysis, offer them a window to understanding some of the structure and financial principles needed in starting a business.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
MarketsandMarkets sees entrepreneurial new entrants to the sector as playing a major role in accelerating innovation.
—David Prosser, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for entrepreneurial
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“Entrepreneurial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entrepreneurial. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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