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I share pg's distaste for the mouthful that is "entrepreneurship" (http://youtu.be/ii1jcLg-eIQ?t=30m35s http://youtu.be/ii1jcLg-eIQ?t=30m35s). How about resurre
by mhartl 12y ago
I share pg's distaste for the mouthful that is "entrepreneurship" (http://youtu.be/ii1jcLg-eIQ?t=30m35s http://youtu.be/ii1jcLg-eIQ?t=30m35s). How about resurrecting the root, and using "enterprise" instead? Moving a language as big as English is a Brobdingnagian task, but few people are as well-positioned as pg to (re)introduce "enterprise" as a more economical alternative to "entrepreneurship".
- clairity 12y agobut then what would you call the people doing the enterprise? enterprisers? i'm not necessarily defending "entrepreneur" but one would hope that the alternative would be shorter.
- mhartl 12y agoYou can still use "entrepreneur", which comes from same root as "enterprise" (ultimately from Middle French entreprendre, "to undertake"). entrepreneur noun, plural entrepreneurs 1. a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/entrepreneur http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/entrepreneur
- clairity 12y agoah, ok. i had assumed the distaste was for all forms of the word. =)
- outrightfree 12y agoOr perhaps a Sisyphean task? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus