Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Like the downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups. Many entrepreneurs are reliant on outside funding, whether angel investors, venture capitalists or strategic investors , to keep the venture going. I interviewed a number of prominent VC’s and entrepreneurs for my recent book.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 10, 2019

Written for EO by Steven Dudley, mindset and performance coach for entrepreneurs and competitive athletes. Forums, also called mastermind groups, hold a special place in the world of entrepreneurship. Forum can provide value for any niche group, but it is especially valuable for entrepreneurs. The Inner Fight. Lonely Island.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 11, 2023

However, Adriaanse’s path to uplift South Africa would prove to be a challenging and unpredictable one, a journey befitting a true entrepreneur. Nelson Mandela’s 1999 retirement brought these injustices further to the forefront, unveiling the deep-rooted inequalities within South Africa’s education system and society as a whole.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Carrie Santos, CEO of Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Yet, as I mark five years leading the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) as its CEO, it’s a good time to reflect on five key insights gained from such a remarkable community of business founders. Each possesses the unique traits of entrepreneurship. A global pandemic.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2016

“In my perspective, there is leadership and then there is entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship represents fleshing out an idea, based on one part creativity, one part execution, and the remainder sheer guts. “Like most entrepreneurs, I am not a person that you would see as vulnerable, but we all have underbellies.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 7, 2023

Entrepreneur to Investor: Jason Mackey’s Personal Journey from Serial Entrepreneur to Emerging Venture Capitalist Jason Mackey, a serial entrepreneur, and emerging venture capitalist, has a proven track record of fostering successful businesses in the United States and the United Kingdom. How did you break into tech investing?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. It represents the great majority of entrepreneurship and eschews the fairytale rags-to-VC-riches stories we so often read about in the press. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. She drove her company to profitability before paying herself a modest salary. More on that later.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As chair of the entrepreneurial practice at Forbes Books, a former director of an entrepreneurial center and a tech entrepreneur, I drill this philosophy into aspiring entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is busting at the seams. Studies show that record numbers of Americans now identify themselves as entrepreneurs?approximately

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 26, 2018

Ramos, an EO member and entrepreneur. . I received a message from a friend about a global entrepreneurs’ organization coming to the city of São Paulo. She invited me to meet the group, and let me know it was looking for entrepreneurs just like me. It’s the ultimate toolbox for entrepreneurs. You are not alone.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2016

I’ve been an EO member for 15 years, but it wasn’t until 2014 that I became involved with the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). I had served many roles previously on the BC Children’s Hospital Board, but I wanted to transition into something that engaged young entrepreneurs – and I found one. We also scoured newsfeeds.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It is imperative for budding entrepreneurs to take the time to learn about the types of investors available and how to use best practices when approaching them for funds. It is imperative for budding entrepreneurs to take the time to learn about the types of investors available and how to use best practices when approaching them for funds.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2021

Annie Cheng is active in the Seattle chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) ‘s Accelerator programme, which empowers entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to aggressively grow their businesses. I had experienced through others, and then for myself, how lonely entrepreneurship can be.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

Entrepreneurs’ Organization to Host Live Video Chats with Renowned Business Owners during Global Entrepreneurship Week. The day-long engagement will contain an eight hour block of content, which is scheduled to repeat three times in order to reach aspiring entrepreneurs in every corner of the world. EDT (1 a.m.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Successful entrepreneurs know good time management separates mediocre CEOs from amazing ones – and strategies that work for some don’t always work well for others. We asked four EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) finalists from the U.S. Entrepreneurship is fun; keep it that way.” Plan Ahead.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Being an entrepreneur isn’t an easy ride. To be a successful entrepreneur, you have to take the rough with the smooth, and know where to place your valuable, but limited, resources. Many new businesses and entrepreneurs make the common mistake of thinking they can do everything internally. By Jeremy Choi.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

It’s true that you should treat your business partnership like a marriage. After all, it’s important whom you select and no matter who that person is you’ll have to work hard at it. 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.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2019

We recently asked him to pass on his greatest lessons after two decades of peer sharing and executive learning with EO. We recently asked him to pass on his greatest lessons after two decades of peer sharing and executive learning with EO. Randy has helped many EO members with his transformational and thought-provoking ideas.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

I’ve been an EO member for 15 years, but it wasn’t until 2014 that I became involved with the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). I had served many roles previously on the BC Children’s Hospital Board, but I wanted to transition into something that engaged young entrepreneurs – and I found one. We also scoured newsfeeds.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 18, 2016

Advice for entrepreneurs is often reduced to absolute statements and black-and-white “do’s” and “don’ts,” but I’ve found the truth is more nuanced. But might working at a large company be a negative qualifier for advising entrepreneurs on starting up? Relationships with non-competing peers can be incredibly valuable.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In this special feature, the co-founders of SPARK Schools discuss the state of education in their home country, the far-reaching value of their hybrid learning model and how, through entrepreneurship, they’re changing lives, one student at a time. As it turns out, entrepreneurship was the vehicle to do just that.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 14, 2017

WHEN DID YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, “I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR”? DB/ “I knew at a fairly young age that I had a knack for entrepreneurship. DB/ “Growing up in a working-class family, I always believed that entrepreneurship was the journey of an outcast. It was overwhelming, to say the least.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 9, 2016

At a recent entrepreneurship summit, a group of speakers were discussing the perfect time to launch a company. Like many entrepreneurs, I tend to be a perfectionist. I talk ideas out with peers, gather feedback and then methodically move forward. This story was featured in the March 2015 issue of Octane magazine.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

Build a content website or add a blog. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, everything from working to socializing to ordering and shopping online has become the norm. In fact, according to emarketer.com ; “U.S. e-commerce sales will reach $794.50 billion (in 2020), up 32.4% year-over-year. That’s a much higher growth rate than the 18.0%

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 27, 2017

Introduce Them to Entrepreneurs : Kids are inundated with all sorts of images of high-paying professions they might want to pursue when they grow up … but rarely is entrepreneurship an option. For better or worse, we’ve all come across those disconnected trust-fund children at some point in our lives.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

event , hosted by the Brookings Institute to discuss the “potential of female entrepreneurs in Japan.” ” The speakers (Japanese or Japanese-American) shared their personal experiences working as a female entrepreneurs with other Japanese businesses. When asked what motivated her, Ms.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 10, 2011

Even the one time blogging platform of choice Wordpress can, without a lot of hassles, can be manipulated to be your entire site's content management system. On to of that, connected communities of entrepreneurs are better at incubating and supporting startups now than ever before. Don't want to learn code? That's right--Indiana.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MARCH 17, 2021

It provides workspaces to beauty entrepreneurs with a 10,020 square foot facility. . Loren Feldman has been covering entrepreneurship and business for over 20 years, with some of his time working at Inc. Loren Feldman has been covering entrepreneurship and business for over 20 years, with some of his time working at Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m going to save that for a future blog post. Let me start by saying two things: Events like this are invaluable to startups because the significant value comes from building the network across portfolio companies and the discussion one can have with your peer group.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 12, 2016

By Graham Marsden, Marketing Director at the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. I attended this week’s event in Seattle as a Marketing Director from a non-profit organization helping entrepreneurs become their best selves. Author’s note: EO has a partnership with Inc. Iconic Seattle event on Tuesday, 5 April.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Two black entrepreneurs, despite living in segregated America, found ways to exercise their creativity and disrupt their worlds. How important could a barbershop be? John Merrick rose from slavery to found the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of the largest black-owned businesses in the United States. What did they share?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 10, 2021

An excerpt from the book Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur , by Charlene Walters , MBA, PhD. Charlene is an entrepreneurship coach, branding mentor and speaker. . Becoming a successful entrepreneur is all about working on and developing an entrepreneurial attitude by making certain shifts in the way that you think.

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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

An ecosystem that allows for the fast flow of talent, information, and resources helps entrepreneurs quickly find what they need at each stage of growth. In my last blog, I talked about the definition and evaluation of two key elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem – entrepreneurs and entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2020

Before diving into entrepreneurship, wouldn’t it be ideal to tap into the knowledge of experienced, thriving business owners for advice on failure-proofing a new business? Validate product-market fit. “Do Do whatever legwork is possible to validate your product-market fit before investing everything in your concept. Beware of overbuilding.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 6, 2021

Ham and Christopher are not only two of the smartest and most thoughtful angel investors I've ever met, but they have literally moved the 'knowledge needle' for hundreds of thousands of investors and entrepreneurs across North America and the world," said Marianne Hudson, ACA's founder and executive director emeritus.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2018

The original version of this article appeared on Violet’s LinkedIn blog. . So, in the spirit of the holiday season, I revisited my favorite festive movies and realized that there are many hidden entrepreneurship lessons within them. . We have come to the last month of 2018! Love Actually. Home Alone. Jingle All The Way.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2016

This month, we’ll be engaging in an open dialogue that asks the question, “What does social entrepreneurship look like within our global EO community and beyond?” When Ryan and I decided to get involved in the education sector, comments from peers were along the lines of: ‘Oh, that’s sweet’ and ‘Are you doing that full-time?’

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 12, 2024

Photo caption: EO members who volunteered to coach GSEA student entrepreneurs include: Divek Barathamanickam, Kate Hancock, Iffat Grecht, Marcelo Bernartt, and Kate Morgan (with Brent Wardrop on the far left behind Divek). Mentoring GSEA student entrepreneurs was one of the most rewarding experiences in my EO journey.

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