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Enterprise
Entrepreneurial activity (can also mean a business or company)
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Entrepreneur
Someone who creates a business, taking on financial risks with the aim of making
a profit from the business
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Consumer
Someone who buys and uses good and services
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Obsolete
Out of date or not used any more
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E-commerce
Using the internet to carry out business transactions
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M-commerce
Using mobile technologies, such as smartphones an tablets, to carry out business
transactions
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Social media
Websites that allow users to interact with other users, by sharing text-based
messages, pictures or links to online content
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Payment platforms
Enable businesses to take online payments from customers. They are usually free
for the customer to use, but take a small amount of commission from the seller
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Marketplace
The activities involved in buying and selling particular types of goods or services,
in competition with other companies
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Data
Information, particularly statistics, that can be collected and analysed
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Demographic
Relating to the population, such as average age, average income and so on
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Risk
The possibility that an enterprise will have lower than anticipated profits or
experience a loss
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Financial reward
The money that an entrepreneur or investor receives when a business succeeds
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Market research
The process of gathering information about the market and customers' needs and
wants in order to help inform business decisions, including product design and
marketing
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Revenue forecast
A prediction of future revenue based on expected sales; this is either a judgement
or based on previous sales patterns
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Cash flow
The amount of money coming in and going out of the business and the timing of
this movement
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Sales revenue
The amount of money that comes in from a business's sales
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Investment
Putting money into a business with the intention of making a profit
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Start-up
A new business, usually with only a small number of employees - perhaps only
one
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Intuition
Knowing something instinctively or understanding something easily without
conscious thought
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Stakeholder
Anyone who has an interest in the activities of a business, such as its workers, its
suppliers, its directors, the local community and the government
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Ethics
Moral principles or standards that guide the behaviour of a person or business
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Unique selling point
(USP)
Something that makes a product stand out from its competitors
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Values
Standards of behaviour or moral principles
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Loyalty
Wanting to always support something or someone
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Market share
The proportion of sales in a market that are taken by one business
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Economy
The system by which a country's money and goods are produced and used