26
creator(noun, person, start, head, originator)
21
entrepreneur(noun, person, business, enterpriser, start)
16
originator(noun, person, start, head, producer)
13
fail(verb, upset, break, drop, give)
12
author(noun, person, start, head, originator)
12
fall through(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, fall)
12
inventor(noun, person, start, head, originator)
12
miscarry(verb, upset, decline, fall, fail)
12
prime mover(noun, expression, idiom, person, originator)
11
architect(noun, person, start, head, originator)
11
collapse(verb, upset, break, drop, decline)
11
sink(noun, verb, break, drop, decline)
11
father(noun, person, start, paternity)
11
break down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, break, drop)
11
flop(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
11
maker(noun, person, start, head, originator)
10
go down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, break)
10
go under(verb, expression, phrasal verb, break, drop)
9
abort(verb, upset, decline, fall, fail)
9
beginner(noun, person)
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