What is an entrepreneur?

• A. A person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a business.
• B. A person who works for a nonprofit
• C. A person who only manages finances
• D. A person who teaches children

Answer: (A)

Entrepreneurship is the act of recognizing a gap or opportunity and taking initiative to create and run a business around it. An entrepreneur organizes people and resources, makes decisions, and takes on the financial risks to bring a product or service to market. This describes someone who starts and manages a venture rather than just performing a job. The best choice fits because it includes organizing, managing, and bearing risk, which are the actions involved in starting and growing a business. Choices that describe working for a nonprofit, handling finances alone, or teaching children focus on roles that don’t inherently involve initiating and owning a new business or taking on risk, so they don’t capture what entrepreneurship means.