a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.

an employer of productive labor; contractor.

to deal with or initiate as an entrepreneur.

to act as an entrepreneur.

noun

administrator , backer , businessperson , contractor , executive , founder , impressario , industrialist , manager , organizer , producer , promoter , undertaker , architect , author , creator , father , inventor , maker , parent , patriarch , employer , enterpriser , operator