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How We Put Culture First to Find the Ideal Business Partner

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When Netsurit decided to seek an opportunity to expand into the North American market, networking with our colleagues at Entrepreneurs’ Organization was the logical first step in finding a like-minded company in the US. I have been an EO member since 2004. By Orrin Klopper, EO member and CEO of Netsurit. Shared Values.

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Entrepreneurial Spirit Drives a Mission to Connect People With Popongo

StartupNation

America truly is the land of opportunity, especially to people who grow up in third world countries and fight adversity every day while seeking to create a better life for themselves and their loved ones. Creating Popongo was one such opportunity, a chance to challenge myself as well as fill a need and connect people.

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Vinod Khosla’s advice for top VCs? Don’t sit on your founders’ boards

TechCrunch

Serial entrepreneur and seasoned investor Vinod Khosla has some strong, contrarian advice for the venture capital industry: don’t sit on your founders’ boards. Khosla, who spoke onstage at the Upfront Summit in Los Angeles this week, spoke about the culture of capital. The outfit plans to raise $1.5 billion for its Fund VII.

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Feature Friday: Megan Burton, EO Atlanta

Entrepreneurs' Organization

“Much of the growth and success of CoinX was reinforced by a combination of my EO forum, the EO network, and the opportunity to serve other EO members through leadership. Megan attributes much of her growth and success as an entrepreneur to EO. Learn more about EO today!

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Google Translate: What’s the worst that could happen?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Wendy Pease an EO Boston member and president of Rapport International , which specializes in multilingual communications, providing language translation and interpretation services that are accurate and culturally appropriate. Google Translate: Issues and opportunities. Donut or beignet. Here’s another example.

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Three Simple Questions that Transformed My Career Path

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Although I loved the school environments, which involved both hard work and fun, the work environments were cutthroat and competitive “up or out” business cultures. Then in 2004, I read The Millionaire Next Door by Stanley and Danko and decided to have the lifestyle I wanted, I had to become an entrepreneur. Not so much.

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Investors are missing out on Black founders

TechCrunch

Admittedly, there were no entrepreneurs in my family. I was in college from 2000 to 2004. They try to become this cookie-cutter entrepreneur that is designed to raise money from investors, with their playbook and by their rules. Regardless, Black entrepreneurs must press forward and still show up.

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