OurCrowd

MAY 18, 2022

In 2021, female founders secured only 2% of venture capital dollars, according to PitchBook, the second year in a row that the percentage of funding secured by female founders declined, and the smallest share since 2016. There’s no doubt that the pandemic has been particularly challenging for female founders. Read more here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A version of this article appeared originally on the blog of Bluetrain, Inc. Bryan Smith joined EO in 2016. The post 3 Steps to Getting the Most from Your Web Analytics appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. founded by Bryan Smith. Smith is a member of EO Edmonton.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2019

Written for EO by Manny Padda an entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist who won the 2016 Canadian Angel of the Year Award. The post Practical Ways that Canadian Startups Can Go Global (Without Leaving Home) appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 19, 2020

5000 , your company must: • Be privately-owned, based in the United States and independent • Have started earning revenue by 31 March 2016 • Show revenue no less than US$100,000 in 2016 • Show revenue no less than US$2,000,000 in 2019 • Revenue in 2019 exceeds revenue in 2016. I would love to get it three times!”. Good people.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 10, 2017

According to a 2016 survey, human resources teams often prioritize cultural fit when looking at recent college graduates—even over referrals, classes and grades. The post Making the Case for Cultural Fit appeared first on THE BLOG. By Michael Manning, chief relationship officer at Rocksauce Studios. Pinpoint the pitfalls. Get list-y.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

Socher previously founded MetaMind , an AI startup that was acquired by Salesforce in 2016. And the recently debuted YouWrite, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3 , can be prompted to write essays, blog posts and even boilerplate letters. ” Image Credits: You.com. billion in 2021.) ”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 30, 2017

In 2016, Amobee was named one of Fortune’s Top 10 Workplaces in Advertising & Marketing. The post What My 3 Biggest Entrepreneurial Regrets Taught Me About Growing appeared first on THE BLOG. Although I achieved success, my fear could have seriously cost me. Stop searching for perfection. Doing so is time-consuming and wasteful.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Miranda Naiman has been an EO member since 1 July 2016. The post My Top 6 Growth Hacks appeared first on THE BLOG. In practicality, this means you get involved in technical, administrative and financial tasks as well as marketing, business development and strategic planning. Stay on top of your paperwork, regulations and guidelines.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 16, 2017

Shodan, which is like a Google for Internet-connected devices—recently said a search performed in January 2016 identified close to 200,000 Internet-connected devices that are still susceptible to the three-year old Heartbleed vulnerability. appeared first on THE BLOG. Well…surprise! A convinced employee will be a human firewall.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 18, 2018

Yet, since late 2016, he has also worn the hat of chairman of the Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Board (MSKIB) , a position that lets him serve as an agent and driver of social and economic change for rural communities throughout his home state in India. Constantly strive for balance.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2017

These two instincts collided for me on 20 April, 2016, when my wife delivered a clever knock-knock joke to inform me that I would soon be a dad. The post Facing Your Fears: Parenthood and Entrepreneurship appeared first on THE BLOG. our lives might be significantly shorter. The answer is both yes and no.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2016

These might include activities such as: Publishing blog articles more regularly. Next Step Offer,” Step 2: In the following email, make your “Next Step Offer.” EOlooks forward to the new calendar year, with posts, pictures and videos citing upcoming technologies and inspiration for entrepreneurs in 2016.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Abundant Robotics (2016-2021). Total raised: $2 billion. So it was not a huge shock when on June 1, 2021, Kattera was reported to be officially shutting down (The Information broke the news) after burning through more than $2 billion in funding. Total raised: $12 million. Image Credits: Abundant. Katerra (2015-2021).

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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!”. … 2016 / Just when you thought you had it all figured all out, you find yourself back at the beginning of a learning curve.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 9, 2016

For example, I maintained the tale of Leicester City winning the Premier League in 2016 will be a legend told for years to come. The perfect case study of how 2+2 is equal to 5. The post You Could Write What I Know About Millennials On the Back of a Postage Stamp appeared first on THE BLOG. I don’t agree with this.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

percent increase in testimonies in 2016 of which 76 percent of testimonies concerned transgender people. The post How to Foster an LGBTQ-Friendly Workplace—On Paper and In Practice appeared first on THE BLOG. Of course not! Then you must develop an actual non-discriminatory policy that clarifies your specific approach.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 13, 2019

He was also the winner of the EO’s 2016 Global Citizen of the Year. The post Interviewing 5,000 People Taught Me 5 Surprising Traits of Great Leaders appeared first on THE BLOG. By Manny Padda, the founder of New Avenue Capital and an EO Vancouver member. A version of this article appeared in Fast Company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2019

Manny Padda is an entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist who won the 2016 Canadian Angel of the Year Award. Here’s the Secret to a Successful Exit appeared first on THE BLOG. As an EO Vancouver member, he was the 2017 Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global Citizen of the Year Award. Uplevel your board and exec team.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. That number is projected to GROW to 70 billion by 2016 (Source: BIA Kelsey). I suppose I could have skipped the whole rest of the blog post and just posted that. We love to streamline and text people.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 8, 2016

EOlooks forward to the new calendar year, with posts, pictures and videos citing upcoming technologies and inspiration for entrepreneurs in 2016. The post Power Up: Leveraging Entrepreneurial Skills to Live Your Best Life appeared first on THE BLOG. Establishing Core Principles.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

At first, it was a glorious feeling,” he wrote in a blog post about the acquisition. He sold his company to a buyer who wanted to expand their client base when he was earning an average of $10,000/month. “At But the days after weren’t that good. I felt empty, a bit lost even. But in the end, I’m grateful for the path I’ve chosen.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Since I started my business in 2016, I have always been curious to know the best way to protect my assets, both personal and business. and more articles from the EO blog. The conventional wisdom of starting a company as a limited liability company (LLC) or S-Corporation was fine when we had minimal assets. Employee management.

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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

JANUARY 5, 2016

What’s your personal mantra for 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!” The post 4 Tips for Reaching Productivity Nirvana in 2016 appeared first on THE BLOG.

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OnStartups

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

I'm doing an "Ask Me Anything' (AMA) session on Product Hunt tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb 23rd, 2016 at 10 am PST, 1pm EST). 350 have signed up already (before this blog post was published). How much weight have you gained in the past 2 years? Would love for a decent number of people to sign-up. Here's the link again.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2017

In 2016, Paul launched Enspiri Solutions, LLC , the first-to-market SaaS solution for workers’ compensation nurse triage management. The post Building a True Client Partnership appeared first on THE BLOG. Paul Binsfeld is an EO Arizona member, as well as the founder and president of Company Nurse, LLC.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2016

My lung function dropped 45% within 2 weeks. ” #EOlooks forward to the new calendar year, with posts, pictures and videos citing upcoming technologies and inspiration for entrepreneurs in 2016. The post #EOlooksforward: Jai Gupta Shares His Story appeared first on THE BLOG. And I never had any respiratory pre-condition.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2017

Chatbots: About halfway through the year in 2016, chatbots that can handle your travel plans or tell you the weather became hot. The post The Only 10 Tech Trends You Need to Know About in 2017 appeared first on THE BLOG. Speeds as high as 1 Gbps (or even up to 10 Gbps) could change how video-conferencing on mobile works.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Perspectives and pointers from the FY 2016/2017 PEAK Global Winner , EO Utah. The post How to Succeed in Reaching Your PEAK appeared first on THE BLOG. Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Utah chapter decided to pursue a FY2016/2017 PEAK win due to, at least in part, tradition. LEADERSHIP & COMMUNICATION.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Founded in 2016 by Google and Uber vets, the Pittsburgh-based firm managed to drum up $1 billion in funding over its half-dozen-year existence. The demise of the once-high-flying startup, which had raised nearly $2 billion in funding and once appeared to be flush with cash, no doubt marked a very low point for the crypto space.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I recently survey more than 150 VC friends from all stages and geographies what they thought about the market by asking “Which of the following statements best describes your mood heading into 2016?” When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. But let me be even more clear.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

I have been reading Fred’s blog AVC for about a decade now. I sort of feel mentored by Fred via his blog, which is pretty remarkable for just writing words on the web and sharing them. Of course, over the last decade, the rest of the world doesn’t need to read these blogs to see what’s going on. (I A blog entry for another day.

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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. Here is the Google Doc where we tracked these.]

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

This is something I had to learn the hard way: What you hear in the media or read on a company blog post often simplifies the process, and sometimes fails to cover the trajectory that minority founders, in particular, must follow to secure funding.

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A Smart Bear

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The data show that the two most common causes are: (1) Product isn’t useful to enough people, and (2) Problems with the team. For example, with $260M in 2016 revenue, still growing at a blistering 60%/year, with a thousand employees, Hubspot is not brittle in any of the ways outlined above. That is a “One Thing.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Fast forward 3 years and looking out into the 2016 horizon, what do I see? My presentation from the Summit can be downloaded here and the embed is below but the summary message is the rest of this blog post. Final venture outlook 2016 from Mark Suster. So my outlook for 2016? is pretty pathetic.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Related reading: 57 businesses to start with less than $10k 70 eCommerce KPIs—and how to set your own How to automate your eCommerce business This article was originally published in September 2016 by Matthew Guay. Etsy Etsy is a niche online marketplace, so it's not suitable for every seller. The most recent update was in April 2023.

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