Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2019

Manny Padda is an entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist who won the 2016 Canadian Angel of the Year Award. As an EO Vancouver member, he was the 2017 Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global Citizen of the Year Award. In this article, Manny shares his strategy for a smooth business exit plan. Get support from trusted people.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 4, 2021

The first virtual session took place at the end of May 2021 and we got inspired to hear about what different entrepreneurs and experts are doing to build more inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems. One of the participants is Rut Turró , she is, in her own words, a social entrepreneur in the fashion industry. It did not work very well.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

I’m very excited to be finally be able to announce that this week we’ve added Sam Rosen to our ranks at GRP Partners in the role of entrepreneurs-in-residence – EIR. We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 13, 2019

Take Canadian entrepreneur Hamed Shahbazi. After selling Tio Networks, his online bill payment company, to PayPal for $304 million , he started a health technology company called WELL—and multiple employees, investors and contractors followed him there. Manny Padda has been an EO Vancouver member since 2014.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 29, 2017

Nobody is immune to addiction—not even entrepreneurs. percent of Americans aged 12 and older battled some type of substance abuse issue in 2014 (the most recent year for which data is available). In this sense, I suspect my experience is not unlike that of other entrepreneurs who have reached a certain threshold of success.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

billion by 2014. Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. There are 2.9 PHONE CALLS.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Read more about how this Nita Maru built a successful “one-stop law firm” based in Dubai in an Octane post from 2014. Enrich your entrepreneurial journey by learning from a global network of peers. . The post Dreams Fulfilled appeared first on THE BLOG. How are you gaining new perspectives and insights? .

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

They seek a VC model where dogma is less of a drag on the enterprise, and investment discovery can come from a wide network of smaller investors—mini LPs, in a way. Berhens Wu is the CEO and co-founder of Shippo , which offers an API to connect eCommerce businesses and marketplaces to a network of different shipping providers.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Loon CEO Alastair Westgarth noted in a blog post that the project simply wasn’t able to achieve profitability. Pearl Automation (2014-2021). If you think it sounds buzzy, some entrepreneurs and investors had a different word: illegal. — sima sistani (@SimaSistani) September 9, 2021.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. There are a lot of things I think entrepreneurs should care about when raising from a VC: How big or small their fund is? I could go on for a long time.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 13, 2017

Since 1987, the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) has been giving leading entrepreneurs the tools, networks and resources they need to learn and grow in business and beyond. In 2014, I realized if I wanted to keep making a mark, I had to change the ‘how.’ In short, I am EO’s messenger on the ground!”. And thanks!”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 17, 2018

All this spells opportunity for entrepreneurs. Instagram is a visual social network and engagement is directly influenced by the type of photos and videos you submit. The post The Five-Step Formula to Increased Instagram Engagement appeared first on THE BLOG. Close to 82% of U.S. Step 1: Choose your content wisely. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 2, 2018

As of 2014, “76 percent of US residents were not familiar with bitcoin and 80 percent said they would rather own gold than bitcoin.”. He manages the People HR blog where he tackles topics ranging from building a strong culture to navigating HR tech. Yet, many people don’t know what a bitcoin is.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. Even tech blogs know this.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2012 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2013; Slack in 2014 (after prematurely saying there wasn’t one); took a break in 2015-16, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; in 2017 it was Coinbase ; and last year, 2018, it was Airtable. It can save time.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 21, 2021

I joined EO in 2014. I was blown away by the Forum-type experience they created and realized that having a community of other entrepreneurs was missing in my life and would benefit me greatly as I grew my business. The post Jamie Pujara: The 2021 EO Mark Lincoln Volunteer of the Year appeared first on THE BLOG.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

From 2004 to 2014, the average payments for coinsurance rose 107% from $117 to $242. Narrow Networks — Narrow networks are an interesting response to the above market prices that the large hospitals and groups are pushing on the broader market. Also like high deductibles, coinsurance usage in on the rise.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 12, 2017

I first heard about Good Deeds Day in January 2014, just 45 days before that year’s event. Learn more about the Entrepreneurs’ Organization , the only global network exclusively for entrepreneurs. The post Good Deeds Day Marks 10th Anniversary appeared first on THE BLOG. We asked Marcelo to share his experiences.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

On the one hand innovation is clearly at an all time high unleashed by smart phones, fast telecom networks, social networks that spread commerce and the fact that we are all one click away from buying things on Amazon, Apple, Google or PayPal. This must be a boon for entrepreneurs of fast-growing tech firms – right?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

During the onset of the pandemic, Aboyeji, via his blog post , said Future Africa Fund was looking to raise institutional investment. It’s a similar model employed by AngelList , the company founded by Indian-American entrepreneur Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi as a fundraising platform for startups to raise money from angel investors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2016

Not every entrepreneur who builds a business from the ground up plans to “sell out” to venture capitalists and walk away. Besides these cases, eventual acquisition is a motivating factor for most entrepreneurs in the thick of a start-up process. Genuine innovation without the red flags of over-promising and under-delivering is key.

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