[tiledjinn]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneurship > An entrepreneur (French: [ɑ̃tʁəpʁənœʁ]) is an individual who creates and/or invests in one or more businesses, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards.

nothing there precludes even microbusinesses. and nothing requires taking VC or having employees.

the word hasn't changed.

[vundercind]

I can cite multiple mainstream sources that definitely suggest it connotes something other than the broadest possible version of that, including, again, Wikipedia. The barest definition isn’t a full description of what a word suggests to people.

I agree that this is the meaning in startup and “hustle” culture: any business whatsoever may be described as entrepreneurship.

[edit] my entire point is simply that the “opening a solo software consultancy is entrepreneurship” or what have you is not universally accepted, and that my experience (plus what evidence I’ve found) is that this sense predates the one of “starting literally any kind of money-making venture is entrepreneurship” which is common in spaces like HN. You may disagree, but I guarantee there are many contexts in which using it in the startup/hussle sense will make you come off as clownish or a liar, if not some kind of con artist, if people realize you aren’t talking about the kind of thing they think you are.