Entrepreneur

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/entrepreneur

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is an entrepreneur?An entrepreneur is someone who sees a need or a problem and creates a new idea or product to solve it. They gather resources and turn the idea into something real.
2. Why are entrepreneurs important?Entrepreneurs bring new inventions and jobs, making life better by offering new choices and helping solve big problems like clean energy or better schools.

Disruptive Innovation: An innovation that significantly alters the way consumers, industries, or businesses operate.
Bootstrapping: Starting a business using only personal savings or revenue generated from the business itself.
Scalability: The capacity of a business to grow and handle an increasing amount of work or customers.