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A business (also known as enterprise or firm) is an organization
engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers.
Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them
are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the
wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit or
state-owned. A business owned by multiple individuals may be referred to
as a company, although that term also has a more precise meaning.
The etymology of "business" relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. The term "business" has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the singular usage to mean a particular organization; the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, "the music business" and compound forms such as agribusiness; and the broadest meaning, which encompasses all activity by the community of suppliers of goods and services. However,...
The etymology of "business" relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. The term "business" has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the singular usage to mean a particular organization; the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, "the music business" and compound forms such as agribusiness; and the broadest meaning, which encompasses all activity by the community of suppliers of goods and services. However,...
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supply.
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partners to provide the offer to startups that are younger than five
years old and have less than $500,000 in revenues.
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sta...
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product announcement in which execs rattle off stats about the company's
health and growth except for one notable number: 1.3 million. That's
the number of apps currently in the company's App Store, according to
Phi...
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