Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In the high-stakes adventure of entrepreneurship, the search for your ideal clients and employees can become a thrilling quest. As the captain of your ship, you’ll navigate a vast sea of opportunities. But here’s the catch – to reel in your ideal fish, you’ve got to know where to cast your line.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2024

A study of Jill Nelson offers a Master class on what it takes to build a thriving business. Jill worked as a business broker for a few years after college, where she noted the operational wins and woes of a wide variety of companies. If you are not super-passionate about your business idea, don’t bother. “I

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 27, 2017

When you plan a business, you generally plan around existing variables in the economy. Those variables, however, are subject to change, and if you don’t change your business with them, you could end up failing. How a Market Shift Could Affect Your Business. By Larry Alton. Consumer preferences.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2018

Online content is a key ingredient of every marketing strategy. And one of the most popular and effective ways to establish a positive online presence is a blog. Blogging can pay off faster than any other marketing strategy and requires almost no investment. Your blog is a critical aspect of your SEO strategy.

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StartupNation

MARCH 31, 2021

The first major challenge you’ll need to overcome is achieving product-market fit. Creating a product that solves a real problem starts even before you launch your business. They’ve learned how bad news can actually be good news, and how it is often the key to achieving true product-market fit. Think about it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Is your company looking for creative ways to stand out and connect with your target audience? While traditional marketing methods and GTM (go-to-market) motions continue to be used, there’s a new strategy you can tap into — the branded podcast. Podcasts have a lot of upside for marketers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Entrepreneurs and business executives are culturally obsessed with maximizing business growth. It is easy to get caught up in the mindset of business growth as a metric of success. I planned to write about how to think bigger, expand into new markets and win the brass ring. As we say in America, “The sky’s the limit!”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

It’s critical to business. “Without happy people, we don’t have happy clients, and without happy clients there is no revenue, and without revenue there is no company,” says Lee Deas, Founder of Obviouslee , a marketing and design agency. Invite ideas, solutions and collaboration from your team. Live your company values.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Using video content as part of your digital marketing strategy can be very profitable. Educational videos, whiteboard animations, video explainers — each popular type of marketing video brings something unique to the table, and it’s critical to use the right tool at the right time to get the results you want!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As a business leader, it’s essential to recognize that while digital transformation is crucial for growth and data can influence decisions, we should never sacrifice human and emotional connections. Businesses can obtain these insights through methods other than data and analytics.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 23, 2023

Designing a results-driven marketing strategy is an essential priority for business leaders who want to stay competitive. And it’s impossible to expand or scale without a well-executed marketing plan. But remember: Your strategy is only as good as the people executing it. Look to your account manager.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2024

– Roxana Shershin, US East Regional GSEA Expert Need to reignite your entrepreneurial spark? GSEA is the premier global competition for students who own and operate a business. Are you an EO member interested in coaching your regional team of student entrepreneurs as part of Season 3 of Start it Up? Apply today.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The three key ingredients: a computer to record the podcast, a good microphone to capture your voice, and a software program to edit your audio. It’s nothing related to sound engineering or fancy marketing strategies. A podcast is a marketing channel – and it can be a key part of a strategic marketing mix.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 31, 2024

Thinking back on it, the way I trained — the discipline and the plateaus — taught me a lot about the way business works. For example, in Taekwondo you have to see the kick in your mind before you can ever physically do it. Business feels very much the same. Here are five things surfing has taught me about business: 1.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2023

Why did you buy your toaster? As Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen said, “People don’t buy your product or service. Putting the customer’s progress as the central focus of what your business does is a critical component of scaling, but so is operational profitably. It gives your offerings pull.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We first met at Harvard Business School as young students in 1989. But, just as important, we had access to a unique network: Harvard Business School alumni. We summarize these pearls of wisdom in our new book, Smart Startups: What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know — Advice from 18 Harvard Business School Founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. Since it’s already written (and since I promised not to republish on my blog other than a summary) if you’re interested please have a read over there. What should you blog about?

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 17, 2022

Not all of it will necessarily be the right fit for your org, but it’ll certainly produce some ideas. Jared’s a really talented NYC entrepreneur who recently started blogging more. There is a market for those who can do this exceptionally well. Tough Love by Jared Hecht (Fundera and GroupMe cofounder). Entrepreneurs crave it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 9, 2023

At age 21, I took control of the debt-burdened family business my parents started many years earlier. The business was on the verge of bankruptcy. We have weathered recessions, market crashes, and challenges that would have destroyed most businesses. Does the other person feel good about doing business with us?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

You need a solid business plan, traction to demonstrate market fit, and the skills to pitch effectively. Evaluate investors thoroughly, not just based on the size of their check, but whether they can provide strategic advice and introductions that support your vision. Seek investor advice to strengthen your business model.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In today’s business vocabulary, the word pivot—as a verb or a noun—has become shorthand for any change or shift. We talked with entrepreneurs and members of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) who recently overhauled their businesses in order to survive—and perhaps even thrive—in a post-pandemic landscape. ” 3. .

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

And, I think but can’t prove, both were business failures. I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. One of my earliest excursions into market research was working for a research firm doing a 1979 forecast on ATMs. The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

She’s the author of A Business Owner’s Guide to Crisis PR: Protecting You & Your Business’ Reputation , and serves the EO Los Angeles chapter as MarComm co-chair. We asked Eden how to tackle a PR crisis that’s thrust upon your company by external forces. Your priority? How do you face it?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2023

The same is true for high-quality digital marketing content. The better you know your audience, the more effective your posts and videos will be at converting leads — making audience research crucial to achieving your marketing goals. Here’s how: Use your current client database. Survey your clients.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Accurate forecasting informs your leadership team about the startup’s time and risk-taking capacity, facilitating informed decision-making. Risk management: Understanding your financials inside and out allows you to take calculated risks, enhancing the startup’s competitive edge. Embrace scenario planning.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How is your company faring in these waters? Some businesses drop anchor with the right “bait” needed to fill a widened net with conversions. Try these three methods to surprise and delight your customers: 1. This isn’t a problem until your customer satisfaction charts look like an oscilloscope display, jittering up and down.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2024

Take this story as an analogy for your goals for 2024: progress often won’t actually feel like progress until suddenly it does. Over the years, I have developed several best practices for setting annual goals and wanted to share them: Don’t Be Busy : Make 2024 the year you stop answering every “how are you?” with “busy”.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2010

I’ve been using Chartbeat for over a month now to track performance of my blog and I find myself looking at Google Analytics much less these days. He told me that it has become an essential tool to their business. The next users after that is reading a blog post that I wrote nearly 9 months ago. It’s addictive.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It’s Never Been More Important to Understand Your Capital Provider’s Business Model [Charles Hudson/Precursor] – Charles is just a wonderful human and his posts about venture capital are essential for anyone who considers themselves part of the startup community.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Store your inventory in a safe place—a hard lesson I learned when my dog stumbled upon my baseball hat collection and bit the tops off all of them. — My friends could not afford an entire box of cookies, and if I had fixated on my go-to-market strategy, I would never have sold any boxes of cookies. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 17, 2023

Read Part I: Run Your Non-Profit Like A Start-Up. He enjoys running franchises because they provide him the freedom to work on the processes needed to run a business. And the magic, he explains, is that when you let go of all of that, the only thing you have to focus on is your people. The employees are, in fact, my customers!”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

For decades, businesses faced a genuine challenge with office space. While a hybrid schedule is generally preferred by staff and has many benefits for businesses, the fact that more people are working remotely than ever before creates a challenge. Make sure it is right for your team. However, the pandemic changed all of that.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

Jan contributed this article with help from Rhonda Suttle, EO Atlanta executive director, and Thamara Ataide, EO Atlanta marketing manager. Led by Jan Heybroek, the closed, coached conversations facilitate shared experiences around one presenter’s specific business challenge in a deep-dive presentation format. Don’t go with your gut.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The process of selling a business is complex and multifaceted : It involves working with multiple stakeholders who sometimes have conflicting priorities. While only you can decide when to sell your business , you also must rely on these other stakeholders in order to have a successful sale. Why sell your business?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2023

Contributed by Chris Kirksey, an EO member in Austin who is the founder and CEO of Direction , an SEO software and services company that helps entrepreneurs set their online strategy in the right direction to accelerate sales, grow the business, and dominate your market. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 15, 2023

In March, EO recognizes and celebrates women entrepreneurs with its second annual EmpowHER virtual conference , which focuses on the specific challenges women in business experience. Women entrepreneurs will learn from experts how to navigate the three pillars of every woman entrepreneurs’ life: business, family and self.

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