Unit 1, Lesson 6. Start-up

A large government-owned company with thousands of employees.

A newly created company designed to scale and grow rapidly.

A traditional non-profit organization.

Employee

Entrepreneur

Consumer

Buying an expensive office space in the city centre.

Identifying a specific demand or opportunity that is not currently being met.

Selling products at a loss to eliminate competitors.

Subsidiary

Competitor

Franchisee

Economic

Economical

Priceless

The country is facing a severe economic crisis.

The country is facing a severe economical crisis.

The country is facing a severe priceless crisis.

It was made entirely from imported exotic spices.

It was sweetened 100% with fruit juice instead of added sugar.

It was sold only online through social media ads.

By coding a mobile app for teenage boys.

By creating drawings of "Cool Girls" characters inspired by her sister.

By writing children's textbooks for secondary schools.

Decide

Avoid

Promise

Enjoy

Consider

Agree

He stopped checking his emails.

He stopped to check his emails.

He avoided checking his emails.

Her parents encouraged her to start her own business.

Her parents encouraged her starting her own business.

Her parents encouraged starting her own business to her.

The old, damaged computer was priceless, so we threw it away.

The advice from my mentor was priceless; it saved my startup from bankruptcy.

Her original artwork was completely worthless, worth over $1 million.

I remembered turning off the office lights.

I remembered to turn off the office lights.

I stopped turning off the office lights.

failing / hiring / to secure

to fail / hiring / to secure

to fail / to hire / securing