Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Investing in your employees also happens to be a great way to invest in your business. Bob Dusin , a partner of the leadership development organization HPWP Group , shares what happens when managers focus on coaching, rather than punishing. Several years ago, I owned a concrete paving company. Then, he was right back at it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 28, 2016

You need investment to grow but don’t want to give up ownership. You need investment to grow but don’t want to give up ownership. Steer clear of any accelerator and incubator programs that invest in their participant businesses but also take ownership. This is normal, but it doesn’t have to be!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 29, 2020

Contributed by Shawn Johal, business growth coach, leadership speaker and co-founder of DALS Lighting, Inc. He is also an active member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Montreal chapter. . “If If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” Nikola Tesla. Remain aware. Excitement?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 14, 2019

It is mind-boggling how much time and money is invested in “strategy” at many companies—with some larger organizations even hiring a full-time person or team to oversee “strategy and innovation.” While commendable, this effort to invest in strategy doesn’t work unless the company also focuses on culture. Does everyone know that BHAG?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 8, 2018

Octane recently checked in with EO Utah’s leadership to discuss the year ahead. However, when I began attending more chapter, regional and global events, the benefits of membership and my return on investment grew ten-fold. Step Up Your Fitness— Leadership takes a tremendous amount of energy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 2, 2023

Peer-reviewed studies find clear associations between longer commuting times and lower job satisfaction, increased stress, and poorer mental health. That means using data-driven methods to determine what endeavors offer the best return-on-investment for in-office work to make them worth the commute.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 21, 2017

A year after joining EO, I decided that when I traveled, I would contact the local chapter two weeks in advance to connect with peers while in town. Here are a few examples of my experiences: I was planning a trip to New York and reached out to a chapter member that I had met at the Global Leadership Conference (GLC) in Greece.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Whether it’s securing investment capital, marketing a concept, recruiting new talent or leaning on peers for support and advice, having a solid network can seriously work to your benefit. Let’s focus on the traits shared by most entrepreneurs—and how you can tap into these characteristics to jumpstart your own success. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2018

If over half of our employees are disengaged (and study after study confirms this scary number), then the return on investment on your payroll leaves much to be desired. If over half of our employees are disengaged (and study after study confirms this scary number), then the return on investment on your payroll leaves much to be desired.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Learn more about why entrepreneurs like Miranda choose EO for their peer learning, professional development and once-in-a-lifetime adventures. Being successful in life requires confidence. Succeeding as an entrepreneur takes confidence. How do we fuel the confidence that’s so essential to achieving our goals? I was 15 at the time.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A lot of people ask me what I think of posting to Twitter these days… (I’ll start calling it X as soon as I learn to stop saying Battery Tunnel and Triborough Bridge). Whether you want to continue to post to it is up to you—but I always tell people that creating content should be an exercise in creating value for yourself first.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 6, 2021

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Boston-Area Angels Hambleton Lord and Christopher Mirabile Receive Hans Severiens Award for Individual Impact in Advancing the Field of Angel Investing. Ham and Christopher met in the busy Boston angel investing community where they both started and operated angel networks.

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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. They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 18, 2017

By Ian Altman , a business expert who helps his clients discover how to modernize sales and marketing for today’s customer. . Business owners often ask me, “What should we be doing to make our organization a good acquisition target?” Often, what you think makes your firm appear valuable to potential buyers is not what really matters. Here’s why.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

At the start of 2020, Chelle Neff is wrapping up a decade of considerable success, growth and innovation. In addition to developing Urban Betty , a successful salon with two locations, Neff also created an app for stylists , produced a book about homes in Austin, Texas, and even reached the Inc. 5000 list twice! . What drives you? What’s next?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2011

By sophomore year I got the inspiration to hold leadership positions in the fraternity. Having held all of the major operational functions of the fraternity I was ready for “real leadership.&#. So I went to college with no expectation that I would ever join a fraternity let alone aspire to become president one day. Easy peasy.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

The traditional economic development approach uses static and reactive metrics – the number of jobs created, capital investment dollars, and companies recruited – on an annual basis. To advance metrics and methods for this field, we need more dialogue and stronger feedback loops between researchers and ecosystem builders.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I wrote this conundrum and the need to take charge of how the market define your skills in my much-read blog post on “ personal branding.” For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

Jonathan Strauss took this issue head on in a blog post that I believe every startup founder should read on “ Replacing Oneself as CEO.” I know because I marked the occasion with a blog post on how to have a great VC meeting. ” But lately I’m more swayed by the wise words of Reid Hoffman. It’s your baby.

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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

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). By Stacey Williams , PhD, MPH – Director of Evaluation, Forward Cities. As a result, the whole is greater than the sum of its separate parts.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 12, 2016

Magazine, and we were grateful to have been generously extended access to their Iconic series of events this year. I attended this week’s event in Seattle as a Marketing Director from a non-profit organization helping entrepreneurs become their best selves. As such, I was keen to listen in for insights that EO members would appreciate.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2022

Welcome to my weekly fintech-focused column. I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm , Natasha Mascarenhas and me riff on all things startups! And if you want to have this hit your inbox directly once it officially turns into a newsletter on May 1, sign up here.

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