Learning English

We use might / may / could + verb: for present & future possiblitites; for guesses about the present; when we aren’t sure if something will happen in the future. 

• I might go to the exhibition this afternoon. (future)
• He’s in Eastern Europe. He may be in Ukraine. (present)
• We could have some problems next year. (future)

We use might not / mightn’t and may not to talk about negative possibility. We cannot use could not / couldn’t for possibility in the same way as might not and may not. 

• We might not move into the new offices next year.
• Our client may not agree with us.

entrepreneur
a person who starts their own company, often in a new industry

incubator scheme
a plan or system to help something grow and develop

survival rate
the percentage of a group that continues to exist

start-up
a business which has recently been started

mentor
give someone advice or training over a period of time

start out
begin working

network
meet people who might be helpful to you in your work

hatchery
a building on a farm, where large numbers of chickens or other animals hatch out of their eggs

initial
first; at the beginning

new recruit
new member of an organisation

turnover
the amount of money a business takes in a particular period

top
exceed; be more than

patent
the legal right to make and/or sell an invention for a certain amount of time

roll-out
making a new product available for the first time