Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2021

Entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to transform our world. The even bigger issue to making home automation ubiquitous is cost: Since 2000, the cost of homes has outpaced household income in all but the years 2007–2012. The post 4 Lessons learned from building a sustainable business model appeared first on THE BLOG.

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MARCH 6, 2016

In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch. In 2008 I started VC blogging. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur. In 2006 I started using Facebook and most of my friends & colleagues thought I was strange.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Written for EO by Torsten Oppermann, co-founder of the marketing agency MSM.digital and EO member since 2007. . As entrepreneurs, we have the power and choice to make the necessary changes towards more equality. Torsten has been a member of EO since 2007. . . Of course not. Satisfied employees are better employees.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2017

Meet Hana Laurenzo—one of the many entrepreneurs who discovered a wealth of learning and possibility in the EO Accelerator program. But it wasn’t until a client told her about the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) that she felt she was on to something special. She relished the accountability of her peers and advisors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. For entrepreneurs there’s too much money sloshing around. We are experiencing a frenetic time. My general advice is to do less.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

I often talk about what I’m looking for when I meet with an entrepreneur. Above all else I’m looking for a genuine passion for what the entrepreneur is doing. You can sense when it is a “mission” for this entrepreneur to succeed and she will continue the journey even if success isn’t easy or immediate.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. We used to chat a fair amount via our respective blogs about management and entrepreneurship. I didn''t actually get to meet him in person until SXSW in 2007. It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky. That was the year Twitter took off.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Nash said on Twitter that the two met at LinkedIn, where Nash was himself VP of product management for four years beginning in 2007. Adam Nash, a Silicon Valley-born-and-bred operator and investor, is back at it again.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

Jill shared lessons learned and more in a blog post to mark the occasion. But in 2006, I found my peer group by joining the Entrepreneurs Organization —and it was a game-changer. 2007 / KPIs and company dashboards help ensure your customers, employees and financial stakeholders are all being considered.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The pandemic has made life difficult in innumerable ways, but it has also presented business opportunities to savvy entrepreneurs. Many entrepreneurs are looking for new revenue streams and the chance to finally start their own businesses. This is the largest increase in new businesses since 2007. For example, IBM’s U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

I miss blogging because it serves as a great repository for me of my current thinking, as a way of organizing my thoughts and clarifying what I think and as a conversation started with so many of you (as Hunter Walk elegantly said, “Blog not to show how smart you are, but in the hope of soliciting feedback from smart people.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

Brunson’s short and to-the-point blog post, “ It’s Called Networking, Not Using.” One of the most common questions I hear from first-time entrepreneurs is, “How do I meet angels?” It’s why I wrote the blog post on 50 Coffee Meetings. ” There is such an obvious solution.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. By fund II (2007) he was able to raise $15 million (if you watch the video you’ll hear an interesting story of how he did this) and he had a proper fund.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 6, 2019

And I’m an entrepreneur. Of course, you can’t get the entrepreneur out of me and I tend to think about the parallels with business and team building. Russell Benaroya joined EO in 2007. The post A Year Abroad Brought us F2F with the Power of Parenting appeared first on THE BLOG. No issues, right?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 “Ok, so this guy can write a blog and source deals but can he make any money?” “I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs. years ago. So I think it’s now fair to rate me at 9/10 on follow-on fundings.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2016

in 2007 during the collapse of the housing market, precisely because I believe change and chaos breed opportunity. We publish consistent updates on our business, provide a monthly real estate newsletter, and share customer service tips and advice with regular blog posts, videos and radio appearances. I started TitleSmart, Inc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 19, 2022

After obtaining a bachelor’s degree at Middle Tennessee State University, I entered the Metro Nashville Police academy in 2007. The post How an ex-cop turned entrepreneur gives back by combatting human trafficking appeared first on THE BLOG. He had a cool job, and I wanted to do the same thing!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

One of the most difficult things to do as a first time entrepreneur is to get to know the investors you might be working with if you accept money. He got into the industry through the same traits required for entrepreneurs – persistence & resiliency. Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. So how did Mike get into VC?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

blog here ). The industry did that in 2007. The funny thing about “too much money” is that it doesn’t just come from entrepreneurs. Amnesia sets in and we get back on the merry-go-round. I saw this great image on Twitter courtesy of Simon Wardley , CC3.0 I see it in many young pups. Same as I felt.

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StartupNation

MARCH 31, 2021

So why do so many entrepreneurs leave this up to chance? This is the process of customer development; and too few entrepreneurs do the hard work to find out if their idea might work before they go out and build it. The most successful entrepreneurs know how to embrace bad news. And he’s not wrong. Think about it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 14, 2015

By Arman Sadeghi, an Octane blog contributor and CEO of Titanium Success. Action item: Focus on creating one piece of educational content per month and do three things with it: put it on your company blog, send it out to your email list, and make printed copies available to distribute when meeting with prospects and clients.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

2007 marked an important milestone for the Earth’s cities. In 2018, Impact Hub King’s Cross kicked off an incubation program for UK-based social entrepreneurs aiming to combat the key challenges in our urban food systems. This is a guest blog post written by Luke Davis , Communications Lead at Impact Hub Berlin.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. Get to the entrepreneurs earlier next time. Get to the entrepreneurs earlier next time.

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JUNE 18, 2010

industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner. Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. Total Raised: $366mm.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Aim to be specific—instead of “Thank you for calling,” up the ante with “Thank you for being a devoted customer since 2007!” The post Let Gratitude Guide You to Success appeared first on THE BLOG. When it comes to your customers or clients, keep your antenna up and look for an opportunity to express gratitude in every interaction.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Her response?

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 15, 2020

Dr. Wei-Shin Lai, a family physician, and her husband Jason Wolfe, a video game developer, founded AcousticSheep in 2007 and manufacture SleepPhones® and RunPhones® brand headphones. Lai has continued helping her community stay healthy and informed by blogging on essential topics, including the important role sleep plays in overall wellness.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. Profitability.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. I actually wrote a long blog post about this but I’m trying to get TechCrunch to publish it before putting it on my blog. That’s always stuck with me. We’ll see. One was at Yale and the other at Boston College.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 30, 2019

After receiving his general dentistry degree in 2007, he spent five years providing dental care for underserved children in Texas and New Mexico. I was looking for a group of entrepreneurs who would encourage me and hold me accountable. Dr. Kerr’s commitment to giving back goes way back. I really got buy-in then.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Yet nearly any entrepreneur who has an idea that other people aren’t doing will tell you that it’s hard to get investors excited. I saw VCs doing crazy things in 2007-08 when I first entered the VC market – crazy prices, limited due diligence, large funding rounds. Investors are conformists by nature.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2016

Not since the initial popularity of Twitter in 2007 has a product so befuddled people. I remember the same disdain from people when I started blogging or using Twitter. A bit like a blog that is put out regularly but not overly edited or self-conscious about word choices or typos. Why would a VC do that?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. Having been through this all before myself I would like to tell a cautionary tale that can happen to the best of us: The Yo-Yo life of the tech entrepreneur. We were based in London.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Meaning I’m looking to be an entrepreneur, I got fired and I want to have a full time business like some of our friends, the Pats and whoever it may be of the world are. I remember in the great recession, in 2007, I saw so many people lose their livelihood, and I had tenure. Clarify that for me. Shane Sams: It can be both.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

When Twitter first became popular with niche crowds in 2007 it seemed to take hold initially with bloggers. People had been steadily blogging for 2-3 years and this crowd seemed to bifurcate. On the one hand were the blogs that “blew up&# and became real businesses like TechCrunch, GigaOm or TalkingPointsMemo.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. ” “This will be great for VCs and bad for entrepreneurs.” When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

This article was originally posted on Inc.com, a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization , the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs. From 2007-2009 and again from 2012-2013, I said yes to way too many “cool” things. By Tim Ferriss, Author, Early Stage Investor. It’s just one tool.

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