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entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value by identifying and commercializing opportunities to deliver products or services, a process that typically requires considerable initiative and bears risk. This process may also encompass the pursuit of values that extend beyond mere economic considerations.

merchant
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A merchant is a person or company engaged in trade, conducting sales through stores or online platforms, particularly one that engages in international import and export activities.

businessperson
A businessperson, also referred to as a businessman or businesswoman, is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial or industrial) to generate cash flow, sales, and revenue by using a combination of human, financial, intellectual, and physical capital to fuel economic development and growth.

spokesperson
A spokesperson, spokesman, or spokeswoman is someone engaged or elected to speak on behalf of others.
business magnate
entrepreneur who has achieved wealth and prominence from a particular industry (or industries)
director
person who leads a particular area of a company or organization
chief operating officer
executive position
consultant
A consultant (from "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as expert, specialist, see variations of meaning below) who provides advice or services in an area of specialization (generally to medium or large-size corporations). Consulting services generally fall under the domain of professional services, as contingent work.
chief information officer
information technology executive
comprador
A comprador or compradore () is a "person who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation." An example of a comprador would be a native manager for a European business house in East and South East Asia, and, by extension, social groups that play broadly similar roles in other parts of the world.
small business
private business with relatively small number of employees, capital, or revenue
sports agent
agent who procures and negotiates employment and endorsement contracts for an athlete
switchboard operator
position responsible for operating telephones and telephone communications systems
president
leader of an organization
founder
person who creates an institution intended to perpetuate itself after the founder's association ends
buyer
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business analyst
someone who analyses the existing or ideal organization and design of systems
managed services
type of service provider
appraiser
An appraiser (from Latin appretiare, "to value") is a person that develops an opinion of the market value or other value of a product, most notably real estate.
team leader
someone who provides guidance, instruction, direction and leadership to a group of other individuals
business consultant
professional who provides advice on running and managing a business or business process
systems analyst
IT professional who specializes in analyzing, designing and implementing information systems
information broker
individual or company specializing in collecting and analysing data about consumers to sell to producers

business manager
person who manages the business affairs of an individual, institution, organization, or company

Chumak
Chumak () was a historical and traditional wagon-based trading occupation in Ukraine in the late Medieval and early Modern periods of history. It involved the delivery of goods (salt, fish, grain, and others) for the purpose of long-distance sales using carts (wagons) harnessed to oxen.
female entrepreneur
women who organize and manage an enterprise
corporate title
titles given in an organization to show what duties and responsibilities a person has
press secretary
person who provides advice on how to deal with the news media
chief human resources officer
corporate title
executive officer
military position
music executive
person making executive decisions over artists of a record label
business executive
person responsible for running a business, or an aspect of it
Chief Happiness Officer
manager of worker's happiness
non-executive director
corporate title
director of communications
position in both the private and public sectors
tax assessment
evaluation of property for tax purposes

professional service
services created by applying specialized abilities attained through experience and tertiary education
chief economist
a single position job class having primary responsibility for the development, coordination, and production of economic and financial analysis.
chief scientific officer
head of scientific research operations