Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 16, 2017

You need to be innovative and creative to come up with security awareness training that educates, engages and enthuses. Cybersecurity Awareness Training … For the Board of Directors! Take a look at this innovative security awareness video specifically made for CEOs, board members and top management. That’s right!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2020

When Pete approached me for advice, I recommended the “Failure-Proofing” strategy, which is a pragmatic and easy-to-use technique to defend against planning and project disasters. Doing so empowers everyone, even those who are confident that the plan will succeed, to tap their creativity in coming up with potential reasons for the failure.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Board Meetings. I have my best creative break-throughs this way. I’ve talked in the past about how I manage my own creative process. If you struggle to find moments of creativity you might read that post. I also have huge creative spurts when I run. Conferences. I get sucked up in “Do” mode.

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Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2014

He published a book with Ron Porter, titled “ Bootstrap Business ”, that provides a wealth of practical examples and advice on this subject. Practice creative marketing. One of the keys to keeping start-up costs low is to find creative and affordable ways of doing what you need to get done, rather than just spending cash.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

It’s also good advice to treat your marriage like a business partnership, in that both require commitment, communication and a shared view of values and goals. Kelvin serves on the Georgia Restaurant Association’s board of directors. Kelvin is the creative, free-spirit and I am the type-A, uptight, detail-oriented person.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Creativity. So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A As a practitioner of creativity rather than as an instructor of it I’m certain that there are many ways to get the creative juices flowing and how to release more creativity. I use tools to invoke my creative self.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2015

I don’t know Ezra yet but since he’s taking the time to blog (which I hugesly respect) and share thoughts I thought I’d take him up on his challenge and also spill the beans on my secrets. On blogging I blog because I love it. On blogging I blog because I love it. My other secret on blogging?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

When you communicate with each other openly and honestly, people respect that and get on board with your mission. What is your advice for entrepreneurs to achieve such longevity? My advice for longevity is to always stay tuned to your values. One of those values is communication. This was a defining moment in our culture. .

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

Since I answer this all the time anyway I thought it might make an interesting blog post. They speak of “my CEO’s.&# They talk about how this company failed because the management team didn’t listen to my advice and that one succeeded because we helped point them in the right direction. That’s true.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I know that would be surprising to many readers since keeping a blog somehow convinces people that I’m a time management or productivity ninja. As the CEO you have a team that is counting on you and a board that is measuring your performance. We rise to the occasion as it stirs our creative juices. I’m not.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

I had written a blog post on exactly this – how to not suck at group presentations – and what he said reminded me a lot of this post. I often tell teams that you need to create product deadlines that are semi-public (or maybe board commitments) that help you focus on shipping product.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 29, 2020

By: Kathie Priebe and Cristina Almeida, Managing Directors of Golden Seeds Reposted with permission from Golden Seeds blog. Editor’s note: This is an update to the original blog post, “How did she do it? As a transportation fuel, it’s the cleanest alternative fuel available today, according to the California Air Resources Board.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Try using automation as much as possible to streamline your customer-acquisition process and constantly use articles to speak to your ideal customers via a blog. My best advice is to actively surround yourself with people who have more experience and knowledge than you. My advice is to be accountable and focus on continual improvement.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

I've definitely uttered, "I'm more of a visual learner" once or twice in my life (mainly to stop my friends from trying to explain complex board game rules to me). For other tasks that require creativity, innovation, and/or problem-solving, try the more flexible Flowtime technique. But learning styles are flimflam.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Some examples of VCs originating in creative ways: Pioneer runs an extremely open contest focused on lowering the bar to raising capital for “scientists, artists, entrepreneurs and civic activists.” See their blog post on multiples.). Modano standardizes Excel models to improve comparability and reduce error rates.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

Which, as it turns out is a highly underrated thing (more on that in another blog post). I’ll save the story of me and Brian for a different blog post, but suffice it to say, HubSpot ended up doing pretty well. No board seats or advisory roles. Creative Market : Acquired by Adobe. Note: this is not investment advice).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. Here Cincinnati was really creative to its approach to attracting more venture capital to the region – including this author. Fly out to CA, NY, BOS and tell investors that you’ll willing to do the majority of board meetings there.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. It’s important.

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Campaign Monitor

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Generating content for newsletters month after month can prove challenging for even the most seasoned (and creative) marketer. . Email can be a valuable distribution channel for B2B announcements in the same way as posting on job boards or Linkedin. . A guest blog post you’ve written for another company or brand. Infographics.

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