Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 11, 2018

For Jabez LeBret, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals combined with his experience as an EO San Diego member provided the inspiration to serve his community’s marginalized youth—an effort that’s earned him a nomination for EO Global Citizen of the Year. Sustainable Cities and Communities. No Poverty. Zero Hunger.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In August 2019, Kimberly Hickok Smith spoke at the MyEO Women of EO Summit in Bogota, Colombia. While sharing her professional journey—from tween entrepreneur to international executive—she also spoke to the audience of men and women about supporting each other and making a difference in the world. . I have it all right?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

On Deck, not to be confused with small business lender OnDeck, is a company that provides capital and network support for emerging fund managers and founders. Launched in June 2019, the company first announced a Founders Fellowship and has recently grown to offer more niche programs on specific verticals.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

How Impact Hub Belgrade supports its members. As a team, we are dedicated to supporting and developing the Serbian innovation ecosystem. December 2019 marked our fifth anniversary, and it made us reflect on the achievements of the past years. 5 years of impact. Our birthday was 3 days of events filled with unique experiences.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

“For example, a company might choose their sustainability legacy to be linked with forestry or mineralization projects. ” While Patch is explicitly focused on climate change, Andreessen has made a few early investments in a broad sustainability thesis.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 14, 2019

The decline doesn’t seem to be letting up in 2019, with retailers shutting down 23% more stores than they did at the start of last year (2000+ store closings), according to Coresight Research. Casper, an OurCrowd portfolio company and new addition to the class of 2019 $1B “unicorns,” is a prime example of this new generation of “born onlines.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

It’s gone from adding about $100,000 a month in net new revenue in early 2019 to now adding more than $1 million a month in net new revenue, according to Schneble. Generation closes $1B growth fund targeting sustainable startups. With this latest extension, Human Interest has now raised a total of $136.7

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 8, 2019

In today’s Octane blog, we bring EO members and non-members alike behind the scenes of 2019 EO Global Leadership Conference Macau (GLC), profiling one of the event’s carefully selected speakers, Dr. Neville Sanjana. He is holding a session at EO GLC’s Learning Day on 14 April 2019.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 2, 2019

On 25–26 June 2019, EO presented a two-day International Entrepreneurial Summit at the United Nations focused on inspiring, educating and connecting business leaders to promote sustainable business practices. Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

By June of 2021, the iOS app and API service officially had expiration dates , with co-founder Adam Grossman writing: “ Support for the Dark Sky API service for existing customers will continue until the end of 2022. Loon CEO Alastair Westgarth noted in a blog post that the project simply wasn’t able to achieve profitability.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 30, 2019

In August 2019, EO Austin member Dr. Max Kerr was the recipient of the Patsy Woods Martin BIG Giver Award in Austin, Texas. He was nominated for his considerable commitment to giving back to the community through dentistry as well as his generous support for the Capital Area Dental Foundation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In 2017, EO pledged its support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) —17 goals to wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change by 2030. To inspire EO members to focus on sustainability and societal impact, EO hosts a quarterly Impact Day.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 26, 2019

To level the playing field, it is imperative that leaders take steps to support inclusive innovation. Entrepreneurs, leaders of entrepreneur support organizations, and entrepreneurial ecosystem builders came together to discuss solutions to inequities. InBIA Panel: “Equity and Inclusion in the Innovation Space”.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 9, 2019

9, 2019) — With a focus on startups and innovation, Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) remains a powerful job creation and high-tech economic development engine for Pennsylvania, according to the latest independent economic analysis of the organization. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. in additional state taxes, the analysis found.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2016

Although we didn’t have any experience in the industry, we believed our innovative approach to education, combined with our strong business knowledge, would offer a sustainable solution to the education crisis in South Africa.”. Our model relies on excellent teaching and family support to ensure students’ success in the classroom and beyond.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 14, 2019

With the Dopper Changemaker Challenge, higher vocational or university students from all disciplines, who are graduating on the subject of plastic waste or clean water, can win research grants of up to €5,000, valuable business support and a promotional boost for their solution. Applications for the 2019 edition will open soon.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 22, 2016

Although we didn’t have any experience in the industry, we believed our innovative approach to education, combined with our strong business knowledge, would offer a sustainable solution to the education crisis in South Africa.”. Our model relies on excellent teaching and family support to ensure students’ success in the classroom and beyond.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

In the US, there are almost 300 SPACS waiting to find a company and they raised almost $90 billion in 2020, a sixfold increase over 2019, told The Times of Israel. mPrest, which serves major utility companies worldwide, joins Microsoft’s global independent software vendor partner ecosystem which includes sales and go-to-market support.

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OurCrowd

JULY 17, 2019

By supporting social entrepreneurship with impact investing, we’re not only doing the “right thing,” we are doing the smart thing by leveraging our capital to ensure that the world we leave to our children — and the one we ourselves hope to inhabit for a long time to come — is a place that survives and thrives. .

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 31, 2020

June 2019 (left) and November 2020 (right) I’ve been reluctant to write this blog post because historically I don’t like talking about weight. I’m going to follow up with a series of detailed posts about what I did so that if you want more information, help, support or insights I can go deeper.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

We build organizing software for unions and labor orgs — a customizable and private platform for Organizers to support workers all the way from interest / onboarding through to submitting union authorization cards. You led TechStars Chicago for two years (2017–2019) and have been connected to the local scene there for a quite a while.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

. “Stable Diffusion will allow both researchers and soon the public to run this under a range of conditions, democratizing image generation,” Stability AI CEO and founder Emad Mostaque wrote in a blog post. We’re completely independent,” Mostaque told TechCrunch in an email.

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