Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

It’s a daunting challenge, one that EO Richmond president Michael Mahoney started in mid-2017 and mastered in about 20 months, with the help and guidance of EO’s Chapter Launch team and knowledgeable regional resources. Make events multi-purpose. Squeeze value from every gathering. Run Test Drives every six weeks.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

“I know that our repeat purchase rate is lower than the industry average now, but …” “I know that our margins are lower than VCs like to see, but …” “I know our revenue decelerated in the last 2 quarters of 2017, but …” Remember that fund raising is a sales process. You never get a second chance to make a good first impression 3.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Despite hundreds of rejections by venture capitalists, founders of theSkimm , Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisburg, successfully launched a daily newsletter with 6 million subscribers, focused on female millenials looking for quick takes on important news stories. Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg / theSkimm.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2017

I consciously shifted my schedule so that I wake up at 6 a.m. In 2017, he launched Entrepreneur Parents , a website where entrepreneurial parents share tips and tricks for balancing these two demanding roles. The post Facing Your Fears: Parenthood and Entrepreneurship appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Given the success of her investments she was on the 2017 Midas List of top 100 venture capitalists. She lives with her husband, 3 kids ages 10, 8 and 6 and one spoiled dog. Favorite business book, blog, podcast? Prior to co-founding Floodgate , she worked at Charles River Ventures and McKinsey and Company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Neil Patel suggests between 6 and 15 questions. This article was originally published in June 2017 on LeadQuizzes blog. The post 6 Steps to Make a Trivia Quiz That Generates Leads Like Crazy appeared first on THE BLOG. Follow this checklist when you’re writing your questions: Not too many.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2019

A version of this article originally appeared on Violet’s LinkedIn blog. Global Shopping Festival broadcast in November 2017! appeared first on THE BLOG. By Violet Lim, CEO and Co-Founder at Lunch Actually Group. Violet is a member of EO Singapore. Yvon Bock: Entrepreneur and Managing Director of Hegen Pte Ltd .

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 13, 2021

since the moment my co-founders and I started building our first prototype at the end of 2017, to today in 2021, with a team distributed in 5 different countries. In this blog post, I’ll share what we learned setting up our remote-first startup. Rule #9: don’t hire further than 6 time zones away We’ve really tried.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 1, 2020

At a speech on 8 March 2017, someone in the audience on International Women’s Day at Bank Leumi, asked me if she could buy two copies of my book. The post The Problem With “Yes” appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. The absence of feedback is what you should fear.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 2, 2019

SDG 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation. • Sustainable Development Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. SDG 5 – Gender Equality. • SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth. The event ended with a lengthy standing ovation.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 10, 2021

Launchpad is revolutionizing the low-volume manufacture of small electronics and other products with a tech-enabled, highly-automated robotic and AI-driven manufacturing platform that slashes costs and cuts the time from completion of design to production from up to 6 months down to weeks or even days.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

Click all the buttons 4 strategies to keep building skills for your career When to give up on a goal—and how to do it This article was originally published in 2017 by Farheen Gani. Tip: If you want to improve your writing, but human feedback isn't readily accessible, try asking AI for feedback instead.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Over the years, the company managed to raise $12 million, including a $10 million Series A led by GV (Google Ventures) back in 2017. Loon CEO Alastair Westgarth noted in a blog post that the project simply wasn’t able to achieve profitability. 1/6 Saying goodbye to Houseparty [link].

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 21, 2021

When we first started working with Convoy in 2017, the company had fewer than five large shippers on its platform, served less than half of the United States, and relied on manual operations for more than 30% of shipments. convoy.com/blog/empty-miles-in-trucking. convoy.com/blog/introducing-guaranteed-primary/.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 17, 2018

According to a 2017 study, photos with faces received nearly 38% more likes than those without faces. Others swear by 5 or 6. The post The Five-Step Formula to Increased Instagram Engagement appeared first on THE BLOG. Here are five tips to help you focus your marketing efforts on Instagram. more engagement.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In fact, some estimates put the number of apps downloaded during 2017 at 178.1 For example, some mobile devices are still on Android 6 Marshmallow, some are on Android 7 Nougat, and still others are on the latest Android 8 Oreo. appeared first on THE BLOG. If any issues arise, it’s time for a prompt update and release.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. Originally written by Emily Irish and published in 2017, this article has had contributions from Jill Duffy, Kiera Abbamonte, and Emily Esposito. Do you need a booking app? It was most recently updated in April 2023.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2017

In addition, 75% of companies with student intern programs say the program’s goal is to increase talent pipeline, a fact supported by the 2017 job offer rate for interns reaching 67% with a 76% acceptance rate, according to a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. appeared first on THE BLOG.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

However, I can also say that I feel less isolated in this role now than I did 18 months ago for one main reason - I had the good fortune of being part of the 2017 class of SLP. blacks and Hispanics combined make up 52% of the NYC population, yet <6% of the tech workforce.that should alarm everybody.) Thanks for listening.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

They share their learnings on Flexible VC and pioneering rural startup ecosystems on the GCVF blog. More on Reformation and their insights can be found on their Medium blog. We have a total of 4 Partners and 6 other team members.”. As of summer 2017, about one third of their investments were with the Indie.VC

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Palico (7%) and Trusted Insights (6%) are the firms mentioned most often in our survey. To manage board meetings, our respondents mentioned a variety of data sharing tools like Box (12%), Dropbox and Google Drive (6% each). cross-posted on Blue Future Partners’s blog.). Respondents. .

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

They share their learnings on Flexible VC and pioneering rural startup ecosystems on the GCVF blog. More on Reformation and their insights can be found on their Medium blog. We have a total of 4 Partners and 6 other team members.”. As of summer 2017, about one third of their investments were with the Indie.VC

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Impact Hub

JUNE 6, 2019

This blog post is part of a wider campaign aiming to share knowledge about environmental challenges within our communities. Check back here soon for a blog post where we’ll explore the solutions and people who are part of the Impact Hub network and already taking action. And World Economic Forum, 2017, ‘The New Plastics Economy’.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

A bit about the podcast team Bettermental is the third version of a podcast I began working on with my former client, now friend and business partner, Mike, in 2017. Much as I'd love to take the plunge, Asana Premium with 6+ users isn't currently in our production budget. Here's how we did it.

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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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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

This is one of the insights that Laura Behrens Wu drew out of Mittal during a FundersClub Facebook Live discussion on March 30, 2017. I have a blog post on that, fundraising advice for founders raising for the first time. It was $6, and now its over $1000 per Bitcoin. So it started off as this digital money idea.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

6) Due diligence. See their blog post on multiples.). As of the beginning of 2017, ffVC spun out Totem into a separate business. I personally use Salesforce. It’s not right for everyone, but they do have the advantage of being integrated with numerous other other services, like some of the ones I list here. .

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

He was up to 90 there for about 2017. 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.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

6) Due diligence. See their blog post on multiples.). As of the beginning of 2017, ffVC spun out Totem into a separate business. I personally use Salesforce as my CRM currently. Almost every investor uses the popular search and news services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 6, 2022

Kraken wrote an excellent blog post explaining the difference between PoW and PoS systems. ETH staked on the beacon chain will remain locked for another 6 to 12 months. There shall be many, just as there were during the 2017 Bitcoin chain splits. That is the current crop of Ethereum miners.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

. “Our goal is to not only level the playing field for independent businesses, but tilt it in their favor — turning their size and agility into their superpower,” Lütke said in a blog post detailing the acquisition. ” Road to acquisition. million in capital prior to the Shopify purchase.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

And the POS (point-of-sale) in all markets outside of SF were antiquated, closed systems, that the owners didn’t want touched because last time someone tried to add a new SKU the “3” key stopped working for 6 months. 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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