Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• on the run: Fleeing or trying to escape, especially from the police.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• rags to riches: Used to describe a person who started with nothing and made themselves wealthy.
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• yellow pages: A telephone directory with listings of businesses, often printed on yellow paper.
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• force in: To enter a place by applying physical force.
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• sheer size: The impressive or intimidating magnitude of something.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• work out
• concern about: To worry about something.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• out of the way: Remote; isolated.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• to some extent: Partially; not completely.
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• entrepreneur: Businessperson who develops new businesses
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• decade: Period of 10 years
• financial: Involving money
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• facilitate: To make an action or process easier
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• quintessential: Being a model example of a specific thing
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• great: Very good; better than before
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• pioneer: Person exploring a new place or field of endeavor
• valley: Area between mountains with river running through
• startup: A company just starting its operations
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• inclusion: Act of including; person, thing that is included
• apartment: Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building
• tech: Shortened form of 'technology' or 'technician'
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• partly: In part; not completely
• cancel: To end a legal, business, or other agreement
• rebuke: To tell someone off for what they did wrong
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• scrappy: Quarrelsome; aggressive
• noticeably: Being easy or likely to be sensed or noticed
• ant: Insect with six legs that lives in large groups
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
• yahoo: Person who is not very intelligent or cultured