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EO Honored by Nuway Foundation for its Work Supporting UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In October 2018, Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) was honored by Nuway Foundation for the impact EO is making in helping the United Nations achieve its Sustainable Development Goals. While Evans always gave back, his life changed in 2004 when his team built the National Underground Railroad Museum.

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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

To put that timeframe in perspective, here’s a picture of analyst me taken at USV’s first office in 2005, dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt versus a picture of me, a GP at my own firm, over 100 deals later, now on my latest Zoom board call from my couch at home with my junior analyst of about a year and a half.

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Embracing the Circular Economy: One EO Entrepreneur’s Story

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Integral to the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s core beliefs is our commitment to making a positive difference in the world—exemplified by our pledge to support the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their metals, plastics and circuit boards can be separated and reused for other products.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world. She is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City, and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City. She has been recognized by Downtown Oklahoma City with the Dean A.

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As the head of Helios’ new VC arm, Wale Ayeni sees value in frontier markets

TechCrunch

There are five broad sectors Ayeni said Helios Digital Ventures would be targeting: financial services, food security, talent and human capital, healthcare and sustainability. . Helios Investment Partners has experienced great success as a private equity firm since Tope Lawani and Babatunde Soyoye launched it in 2004.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. I think you're going to see a major shift towards getting youth across the board interested in math and science, on accessible learning on demand, and the positive encouragement of innovation. Reader beware.).

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Grantee Perception Report: What We Heard and How We Plan to do Better

Surdna Foundation

This is our fourth such survey since 2004. In the coming years, our board and staff will examine our policies, practices, and accountability mechanisms and adjust them to further dismantle racism and accelerate equity. AFF has also diversified its board to make it more accountable to the communities it serves.

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