Short answers, pulled from the story.
The French dictionary compiled by Jacques des Bruslons introduced the word entrepreneur to the public lexicon in 1723. This single term would eventually describe a process requiring considerable initiative and bearing significant risk.
Richard Cantillon defined this role in his Essay on the Nature of Trade in General as someone who pays a certain price for a product and resells it at an uncertain price. He emphasized that the entrepreneur deliberately allocates resources while admitting the risk of enterprise.
The word entrepreneurism dates from 1902, and the term entrepreneurship also first appeared in that same year. These terms emerged alongside renewed attention to the field during the 1930s with Joseph Schumpeter's concept of creative destruction.
Jewish merchants initiated the fish and chip industry in the UK with Joseph Malin opening the first shop in London during the 1860s. Samuel Isaacs opened the first sit-down fish restaurant in 1896 which expanded into a chain comprising 22 restaurants.
A Census Bureau study compiled data on 2.7 million company founders who hired at least one employee between 2007 and 2014. They found the average age of a successful start-up founder was 45 years old when founding it.