fantrepreneur
fantrepreneur noun: an entrepreneur whose business focuses on products, services, or media of interest to fans.
Noun
fantrepreneur (plural fantrepreneurs)
- An entrepreneur whose business focuses on products, services, or media of interest to fans.
- Through his research he determines that fantrepreneurs are significant agents that help to develop fan markets and shape the way products enter the mainstream, determining that fantrepreneurs have an important involvement in shaping discourses of "quality and authenticity" (30).2017, Oliver Carter, “A Labour of Love: Fantrepreneurship in Home Video Media Distribution”, in Jonathan Wroot, Andy Willis, editors, DVD, Blu-ray and Beyond: Navigating Formats and Platforms within...
- Thus, while it is tempting to unabashedly celebrate Eckstein and Her Universe as a counterpoint to Chris Hardwick and Nerdist, we need to be mindful that other female fantrepreneurs will not be similarly positioned to be personally handed a license to produce Star Wars merchandise by George Lucas...2019, Suzanne Scott, Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry, page 197
Forms of fantrepreneur
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Origin of fantrepreneur
Blend of fan + entrepreneur.
Questions about fantrepreneur
- What does fantrepreneur mean?
- Fantrepreneur means an entrepreneur whose business focuses on products, services, or media of interest to fans.
- What part of speech is fantrepreneur?
- Fantrepreneur is a noun.
- What is the plural of fantrepreneur?
- The plural of fantrepreneur is fantrepreneurs.
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