Vocabulary

• start up: A newly established business.
• on course: Likely to achieve a desired outcome after a period of difficulty.
• have to: Must do
• get together: To gather, or come together for some purpose
• has over: To invite someone to your house.
• get behind: To support or encourage.
• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• enter into: To begin or become involved in something, such as an agreement or activity.
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• entrepreneur: Businessperson who develops new businesses
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• passionate: Being easily excited to strong emotions
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• initially: At first; originally
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• physically: In a manner related to the body
• venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
• innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
• value: Importance you attach to something
• glamorous: Attractive in a sexy way; exciting; alluring
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• emphasis: Special attention, importance, or force
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• important: Having power or authority
• inception: Beginning or start of (institution or business)
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• audacious: Fearless, brave and daring
• product: Item that can be bought
• business: A company formed for making profit
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• rank: To rate or class things
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• milestone: Significant event in your life (or in a project)
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• unit: One apartment in a building
• optimist: Someone who believes the future will be good
• pathological: (Liar, etc.) behaving in an uncontrollable (bad)
• entrepreneurship: Starting up of new businesses
• analyst: Someone who is skilled at studying details of data
• globally: Throughout the world
• junkie: Person that is addicted to taking drugs
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• online: Connected to the internet
• marketplace: Place where a public market is held
• valuation: Price of something, determined by expert
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area
• neighbour: Person who lives, or is near, you
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer