Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. There are a lot of things I think entrepreneurs should care about when raising from a VC: How big or small their fund is? I could go on for a long time.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 5, 2023

In a world where constant change and the need for sustainable solutions are more urgent than ever, young entrepreneurs emerge as the driving force behind innovation and progress — as demonstrated by the winners of EO’s 2023 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. However, their journeys are not without challenges.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) is the premier global competition for students who own and operate a business. Investing every bit of his savings from summer internships —about US$14,000 — Joe purchased 2,000 high-quality water bottles. What would you tell other student entrepreneurs about the GSEA competition?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 16, 2021

Using social media to promote your organization has become one of the most important strategies and skills an entrepreneur can have. Entrepreneur David Dávila believes that the key to his coffee company ’s success lies in his community of passionate customers. Mentorship and coaching. Creating a community.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Snap’s in-house Yellow accelerator program, which invests in startups, has debuted its fifth batch of investments. The company invests $150,000 in each Yellow startup for an equity stake as part of the accelerator program, which first launched in 2018.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 5, 2020

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is proud to support International Women’s Day (IWD), which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political contributions of women. Venture funds would be crazy not to examine this possibility and in turn, invest heavily in women-led businesses.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Bridge2 program is an 8-week pre-accelerator designed to prepare scalable, tech-enabled startup companies for Oklahoma-based accelerator programs and to pursue funding from private and public investment sources. i2E Vice President of Operations Darcy Wilborn reflected on the outcomes of the program and its initial cohort of companies.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Among these, the Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy & Innovation stands out with its Pangyo Startup Zone, designed to back startups through investment, networking, and dedicated spaces. These businesses benefit from office spaces, mentorship, and IR consulting to help them expand globally.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 18, 2020

Invest in yourself, and your hard work will blossom.”. In the years since the YLAI Network team first spoke with Neish about the importance of entrepreneurs focusing on their health and well-being, Neish is taking his own advice and is concentrating on soon stepping back from the role of Executive Director at TransWave. “I

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 4, 2018

When Wonder podcast host Kalika Yap sat down to speak with entrepreneur and startup studio founder Mike Jones , he shared his passion for helping others and how the value of learning from others has taken time to appreciate. . We learn about the importance of access to mentorship, and the mindset of successful entrepreneurs.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

I began comparing my personal experience as an entrepreneur starting my business 50 years ago to the entrepreneurial ecosystem today. Unfortunately, we have created a widening opportunity gap for most Americans to become entrepreneurs. We start half as many new businesses in this country today as we did 30 years ago.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

Guy Raz’s book “ How I Did It ” unpacks the journey of so many entrepreneurs. Not a mentor, not a paid consultant but a sounding board who’s directly invested into the growth of YOUR (and their) business. Content Marketing – Blogging. Mentorship. However, be careful. Do you trust them?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 30, 2017

Greater Investment in Professional and Personal Development. To keep up with rapidly changing technology, more companies recognize the need to invest in their employees’ education and development. This greater investment in human capital is happening in a variety of ways.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

If you’re an entrepreneur who would like to see this clause in more startups please ask your VC to include it in future term sheets and link to it from their home page. “We We strive to invest in companies that are consciously working to create a diverse leadership team?—?one Ours is: upfront.com/inclusion. Well, did you ask them to???”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 6, 2019

In fact, a whopping 94 percent of employees would stay with a company longer if it invested in their careers. Providing mentorship is crucial ingredient for an effective training program. The post The Future of Professional Development appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. But how do you do that? .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Invest in the wrong person, however, and you can cause real damage to company culture and productivity. A common misstep made by startup entrepreneurs is hiring too often or hiring for a quick fix. Internships and mentorships shouldn’t be confused with actual hires. Hiring constantly. Hiring someone who is a jack of all trades.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

With Global Entrepreneurship Week this month, and our preparation for Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur and the 2022 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup underway , we are particularly focused on encouraging Oklahomans of all ages and expertise to consider entrepreneurship as a career. Remarkable entrepreneurs and teams lead these companies.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 27, 2022

The first such programme involving in-person meetings will be held in Israel this July, where invited Singapore-based corporates will meet with Israeli entrepreneurs to discuss collaboration opportunities in technology and innovation.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 22, 2023

I provided mentorship to the CTO and Head of Development, focusing on stabilizing their delivery processes. This collaboration involved a series of Leadership Academy workshops and online webinars, aimed at hedging their startup investments. At Keboola.com , I played an integral role in their $32 million Series A funding.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. As a Black fintech founder, I believe that venture investors are making safe bets and investing in late-stage founders instead of early or even pre-seed stages. However, I didn’t receive a single response while other founders received VC investment for basic ideas. Contributor.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. As a starting point you have to realize that investment firms (which a VC is) have management needs.

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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. I get paid (well) for interesting people to come in and tell me how they want to change the world – Being an entrepreneur is like having blinders on. At least for the best entrepreneurs. That’s true. Here’s why: 1.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

I’ve met entrepreneurs who still believe they need to do every single thing themselves—they’re easily recognized by the dark circles of exhaustion under their eyes. Your job is to make yourself redundant from the day-to-day running of the business, so that you can focus on vision and mentorship: the things only you can do.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

We create a space for experts to share their latest expertise in masterclasses and build a stage for entrepreneurs to showcase their vision. . We are dedicated to showcasing new practices and learning from them through our accelerator program, podcast, meetups, blogs, tailor-made member sessions, Friday’s jazz hours, and more. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. It’s why I still randomly meet up with people I’ve met on Twitter or this blog. Entrepreneur Dinners. One of my favorite things to do is to organize entrepreneur dinners when I travel. The Haimish factor. Launchpad LA.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

With small amounts of money invested (sub $3 million) the risks are reasonably low for most VCs and the consequences of bad decisions or decisions a VC has limited say in is tolerable. And here’s an important point that I think modern entrepreneurs often forget: Investors are “co-owners” of your business. Mentorship.

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OurCrowd

MAY 26, 2022

New York State to hand out 800+ ElliQ robots to elderly Kim Kardashian gives Beyond Meat a bounce Taranis gives farmers a down-to-earth view of crops from above Israel plans to invest $180M to develop civilian space tech Arcadia acquires world’s largest utility data provider, raises $200M Introductions More than 4,200 high-tech jobs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 21, 2017

As an entrepreneur, the thought of student internships has long represented a double-edged sword. In my effort to make the internship a positive experience and provide them with insight into real business challenges, I had become invested in these five motivated, committed athletes and as a result learned way more than I thought I would.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Mentorship can help a person to grow in ways they wouldn’t otherwise, so long as both the mentor and mentee approach it in the right way. But when you see a member of your team moving steadily toward the right side of the grid, you know that the time you’ve invested in them was worth it. All Businesses Need a Talent Grid.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

This is currently the most common investment structure: the Flexible VC investor purchases either equity ownership, or a convertible right to equity, and a right to regularly scheduled payments based on a percentage of revenues. Revenue-share investing. (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). When we invest they are often the company counsel so we see them at board meetings. Much of this is unfounded – some is not.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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