Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2021

When I built my first pitch deck in 2013, I had no clue what to include. The post How to build the perfect pitch deck for your business appeared first on THE BLOG. To start, I take a piece of paper and write down everything that comes to my mind in an unstructured way. Tell a story. Humans love stories! Follow a known structure.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

2- You'll meet your lead investor in Demo Day That's not how Demo Days work, and it's one of the reasons Dreamit eventually replaced it for the Investor Roadshow. In November 2012 Caya was selected as one of 40-Under-40 Costa Rican innovators, and he was a featured speaker on the 2013 TEDx PuraVida Conference.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2019

He bought into Sharp & Carter in 2013, and the firm has grown from seven people in Melbourne to 120 people across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, Australia. . Anthony recently shared his top tips for employee retention and growth in an EO Melbourne blog post , which has been adapted for this article. . Focus on relationships.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Once with Docracy, once with a super cool company launching in the first quarter of 2013.). It's a web where 1+1 really does equal more than 2. People will be able to find what you do, not just how you write about what you do on a blog. I can't take credit for this meme, even though I've already invested in it.twice.

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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

MAY 25, 2013

The industry is dying, except for the top 2%. “I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.” The top 2% do not drive 98% of the returns. In 2013 it is expected to be around $35 billion. The second is not. hours / day.

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Haystack

JANUARY 12, 2020

For those following this blog and the seed market over the past decade, you may have noticed that every year, we see increases across the board — more investors, newer funds, and funds that get larger. Rather, this short blog is filled only with my own observations from being in the middle of the evolving seed market since 2013.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

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. I became aware of Sam several years ago as I started noticing his name repeated in the comments section of my blog. He’ll be in the offices in 2 weeks. Jordan Hudson.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. I will talk about these strategies in my next blog post. ” Don’t.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 30, 2017

She has overseen multiple high-profile acquisitions and received numerous awards, including AdAge’s 2017 Top 25 Marketing Tech Trailblazers and E&Y’s 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year. The post What My 3 Biggest Entrepreneurial Regrets Taught Me About Growing appeared first on THE BLOG. Stop searching for perfection.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2018

An EO member since 2013, Dave is also a former national champion and Olympic Trials finalist swimmer who continues to train and compete at a world-ranked level to sustain his mental and physical endurance. The post A Critical, Yet Often Overlooked, Investment in Company Culture appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Any reader of this blog for a period of time will know that I’ve been long YouTube for years. The arguments from any detractors of building a business on YouTube are: The CPMs are too low (< $2 per thousand impressions for YouTube tonnage vs. $18-25 for many online media or $40+ for TV). That is YouTube today. post-script.

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Gust

MARCH 11, 2014

According to analysis by my partner Jamie Davidson on typical periods between financings peaks around 9 months so the follow on rates for Series Bs should be accurate up until the 2011 class, which gives these startups more than 2 years to raise their B. Originally posted by Tomasz Tunguz on his blog, www.tomtunguz.com.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The company began in 2013 when then-med students Saud Siddiqui and Andrew Berg were in desperate need of a better study solution for microbiology. The majority of its revenues come from 12-month subscriptions for students looking to prep for med school exams like Step 1, and Step 2. The story.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I had one of the biggest mental breakthroughs about what I want to do differently at GRP Partners in 2013. The number of times I’ve had people come to me and say they want to blog more. I was at the Lobby Conference a few weeks ago in Mexico. My wife and I went down 3 days early and had some chill out time. go on, click it ).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Chip Dodd joined EO Southeast Virginia in 2013. Up until my most recent Africa race, I had no clue that it was possible to race for 128 hours with less than 2 hours of sleep per night—all while navigating by map and compass, which requires solving complex puzzles the whole way. Most think racing in these conditions would be miserable.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

In 2019, venture and private equity investment in cleantech was estimated between $9 and $16 billion, up from less than $500 million in 2013. The new US administration’s $2 trillion infrastructure package is likely to accelerate the trend with potential tax breaks and subsidies encouraging the adoption of renewable technologies.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2016

In 2013, Kim sold the company to her co-workers, making it 100% employee owned at a moment of growth and expansion. So we try to make sure that we are not living in this place where we are making too many rules because it’s important not to rule to the 2 percent when the 98 percent are doing such terrific work.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. If you don’t have control anyways wouldn’t you rather have a friendly founder who has walked a mile in your shoes just two years before you or just 2 levels of success beyond your current position?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

Jill shared lessons learned and more in a blog post to mark the occasion. Ruby #2, Paddy McCaffrey-Allen, still teases me today about my passionate plea to not buy “even one pencil!”. … 2013: The achievement of a long-term goal can be accomplished with clear metrics, a path and a team who is aligned and focused.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 25, 2021

PitchBook has awarded the accolade to OurCrowd every year since 2013. Within 2 weeks, almost all customers with planned events from March to June 2020 had canceled, totaling over 1000 event cancellations,” Alon Alroy, co-founder of Bizzabo tells Eyal Bino in Forbes. Bizzabo’s rollercoaster pivot to success.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 8, 2023

These achievements build on People.ai’s existing certifications for ISO 27001:2013 and SSAE-16 SOC 2 Type 2 compliance. reinforces commitment to data protection and customer trust by achieving three new security certifications appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Read more here. The post [People.AI

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

Here’s the gist from his blog: “Those of you who often over-commit or feel too scattered may appreciate a new philosophy I’m trying: If I’m not saying “HELL YEAH!” From 2007-2009 and again from 2012-2013, I said yes to way too many “cool” things. It’s the most adaptable.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

Once you find your USP, include it in your messaging and share it in your marketing assets like your website, blog and marketing campaigns. Being the mother of 2 toddlers, Sarah Beth understands how crazy life can get. You can create content in different formats including blogs, infographics , podcasts, videos, etc.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 2, 2016

Cloud computing, which encompasses the infrastructure products used by developers to build services, has remained flat at 4% over the past five years despite some recent declines in 2013 and 2014. Amongst investors, Digital Media is witnessing a renaissance growing from 2% share to 4% share in three years.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2013

Somebody commented that in 2013 I have done a lot more personal posts than usual. I cut-and-paste the text and saved it to my Trello board where I store blog ideas. I thought I might some day dust it off and try to deal with it in a blog post. And now it has struck so close to home that I haven’t well slept in 2 days.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 5, 2018

My mother used to call failure a stepping-stone to success, as opposed to the opposite of success,” she recalled in a 2013 Inc. The post How 5 Expert Entrepreneurs View Success and Failure appeared first on THE BLOG. Lisa Sugar. Lisa Sugar’s part-time pop culture hobby grew into the wildly popular media outlet, PopSugar.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 5, 2018

That was in addition to the US$2 million long-term debt we had accumulated after moving into our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility four years earlier. In 2013, we announced the sale of that division to an international player at a handsome multiple of earnings. This was in February 2008. Ultimately, we had a happy ending.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. But in 2013 it can also simply be, “Company X raises $2.2 This is true on all of the major tech blogs. ” Why? Funding is news.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

In 2013 we opened 23 new stores in a single year, a pretty crazy feat by any measure. The post 3 Tips for Succeeding at Marriage to Your Business Partner appeared first on THE BLOG. We’ve already put in the time building that trust in our personal relationship, and it carries over into the office environment.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2019

A last-minute trip to drop my wife off at her internship in October 2013 led to the brightest idea I’ve had so far as an entreprener. My 2-year-old son was jumping with excitement from seeing me. The post Building a Groundbreaking Platform for Mental Health Support With Passion and Purpose appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

But this particular episode was about how he took all of his blog about passing the architecture licensing exam and he put his … He had documented his process, how he studied and passed it. And he realized people were coming to his website and they were reading his blog posts. She got some people reading her blog.

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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. One measure of CincyTech’s overall impact is that in 2013, its portfolio companies represent 80% of total seed and early stage capital invested in Southwest Ohio. You only want them to commit to attending 1-2 board meetings a year in your home town.

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

He blogs about startups at startuphacks.vc. Unicorns were hard to come by when Aileen Lee penned her now-famous article in 2013. It may be able to lead 1-2 rounds, but that’s it. Alex Iskold. Contributor. Share on Twitter. The zeros are going to be followed by singles and doubles.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. I always wanted to work with Brad for this reason so I started blogging because I figured if transparency worked for Brad I would try the same approach. I do 2-3 deals per year and our firm does maybe 10-15 maximum. But let me be even more clear.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. It’s entirely possible the trend lifts these companies in due time, as well.

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