Venture
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Venture may refer to:
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- VENTURE NOTC, the Canadian Naval Officer Training Centre based in CFB EsquimaltCFB EsquimaltCanadian Forces Base Esquimalt is Canada's Pacific Coast naval base and home port to Maritime Forces Pacific and Joint Task Force Pacific Headquarters....
, British Columbia
In automobiles:
- Chevrolet VentureChevrolet VentureThe Chevrolet Venture is a minivan produced by General Motors from the 1997 to 2005 model years. It replaced the Chevrolet Lumina APV. Identical minivans were also sold in Europe as the Opel Sintra, and in the UK, they were badged as a Vauxhall. Opel assisted in the development of the minivan as well...
, a General Motors Corporation minivan. - VentureOne, a concept car by Venture Vehicles
In business:
- Joint ventureJoint ventureA joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
, a strategic alliance between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together - Venture (department store)Venture (department store)Venture was a chain of discount department stores operating across Australia. It was developed by South Australian department store John Martins and was first opened in 1970. The chain grew to cover much of the country...
, a defunct discount department store operating across Australia - Venture capitalVenture capitalVenture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
, general term for financing startup, early stage, and "turn around" type businesses - Venture ManagementVenture ManagementVenture Management is an emerging business management discipline.This discipline is focused on the skills and practices required to manage the rapid growth of new business in highly dynamic environments...
, an emerging business management discipline - Venture philanthropyVenture philanthropyVenture philanthropy, also known as philanthrocapitalism, takes concepts and techniques from venture capital finance and high technology business management and applies them to achieving philanthropic goals.Venture philanthropy is characterized by:...
, an emerging approach that attempts to make philanthropy more effective - Venture StoresVenture StoresVenture Stores, Inc., was a chain of retail stores that operated in the American Midwest. The company operated over 70 stores with major market share in St. Louis, Chicago and Kansas City, being headquartered in the St. Louis suburb of O'Fallon, Missouri....
, a former chain of retail stores headquartered out of O'Fallon, Missouri - Venture MagazineVenture MagazineVenture magazine is a business management magazine. It focuses on business best practices. It is used by business leaders to learn from their colleagues'successes and challenges....
a management magazine - VentureSoftVentureSoftVentureSoft is a consulting and services company that works with organizations across various markets. The company serves varied industry sectors, including Government/Public Sector, educational institutions, banks, multinational corporations and other commercial organizations.It was founded in...
, a consulting corporation
In entertainment:
- Venture (arcade game), a video game
- Venture (TV series)Venture (TV series)Venture is a weekly Canadian business television series that aired on CBC Television from 1985 to 2007. The show focused mostly on business documentaries, but also aired business-related news pieces...
, a Canadian business television show on the CBC network - Venture Science Fiction MagazineVenture Science Fiction MagazineVenture Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, first published from 1957 to 1958, and revived for a brief run in 1969 and 1970. Ten issues were published of the 1950s version, with another six in the second run. It was founded in both instances as a companion to The...
, a US science fiction magazine published in 1957-1958 and revived in 1969-1970 - The Venture Bros.The Venture Bros.The Venture Bros. is an American animated television series that premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on February 16, 2003. The series mixes action and comedy together while it chronicles the adventures of the Venture family: well-meaning but incompetent teenagers Hank and Dean Venture; their...
, a US animated television series airing as part of Adult Swim on Cartoon Network - "A Venture", a song by the U.K progressive rock group YesYes (band)Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
and featured on their 1971 album The Yes Album - Errant Venture, an Imperial Star DestroyerStar DestroyerStar Destroyers are capital ships in the fictional Star Wars universe. The Imperial Star Destroyer, which first appears in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope , is "the signature vessel of the Imperial fleet"...
in the Star Wars universe - USS Venture, a Galaxy class starship in the Star Trek universe
- SS Venture, a ship registered in Surabaya, chartered by film director Carl Denham to travel to Skull Island in King Kong (1933 film)King Kong (1933 film)King Kong is a Pre-Code 1933 fantasy monster adventure film co-directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, and written by Ruth Rose and James Ashmore Creelman after a story by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. The film tells of a gigantic island-dwelling apeman creature called Kong who dies in...
- SS Venture, a ship in the King Kong (2005 film)King Kong (2005 film)King Kong is a 2005 fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a remake of the 1933 film of the same name and stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody. Andy Serkis, through performance capture, portrays Kong....
- SS Venture, an InGen owned ship featured in Jurassic Park: The Lost World
- Venture, a strategic card game by Sid SacksonSid SacksonSid Sackson was a significant American board game designer and collector.His most popular creation is probably the business game Acquire...
In Scouting:
- Venture ScoutVenture ScoutVenture Scouting is a section of the Scout Movement, mostly in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations, for young people roughly in the 14 – 20 age range.-Australia:...
, a section of the Scout Movement, mostly in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations - Venture Scouts (Scouting Ireland), a program for youth aged between 15 and a half to 21 years of age
- Venturer Scouts (Australia)Venturer Scouts (Australia)Venturer Scouts, formerly Senior Scouts, is the fourth section of Scouts Australia, and was first formed in 1946. Venturers are aged between 14.5 and 17.5 years of age and are organised into Units, which can be a part of a single Scout Group or a stand alone group. both types of Unit take Scouts...
, the fourth section of Scouts Australia - Venturing (Boy Scouts of America)Venturing (Boy Scouts of America)Venturing is part of the program of the Boy Scouts of America for young adults, men and women, from the age of 14 years old or 13 years old and completed eighth grade through 21....
, a membership division of the Boy Scouts of America - Australian VentureAustralian VentureThe Australian Venture is an event for Australian Venturer Scouts. It is their equivalent of a Jamboree, but for Venturers there is a lot more freedom and latitude in what they do. There is a number of on site activities and also an off site expedition, normally totaling about 12 days long.The next...
, a Jamboree style event held for Venturers in Australia every 3 years - Venture patrol, a program in Boy Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)
In Motorcycles:
- Yamaha VentureYamaha VentureThe Yamaha Venture is a premier touring motorcycle manufactured in two forms by Yamaha from 1983–1993 and from 1999-2009.In 1983 Yamaha created a V4 power package that began the Yamaha Venture motorcycle series....
, links to two touring motorcycles manufactured by Yamaha. - Yamaha Venture RoyaleYamaha Venture RoyaleThe Yamaha Venture Royale is a premier touring motorcycle manufactured in two forms by Yamaha from 1983 to 1993.-History:The V4 engine from the Mk1 Venture was modified for performance and was used as the engine in the Yamaha V-Max. Many of these changes were incorporated into the Mk2 version of...
, a touring motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha from 1983 to 1993 - Yamaha Royal Star VentureYamaha Royal Star VentureThe Yamaha Royal Star Venture is a luxury touring motorcycle built by the Yamaha Motor Company. It was introduced in 1999 and was manufactured, largely unchanged, through the 2010 model year...
, a touring motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha from 1999 to the present