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Introducing EO Canada Bridge

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Since 2005, she always had a role in shaping EO: as a local board member, an area director, a committee member and a facilitator. Roles can range from being a coach in Accelerator, a day chair for an event, a board position or a global committee role. The post Introducing EO Canada Bridge appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Pomp and Reality: Real advice for today’s graduates

Entrepreneurs' Organization

David Foster Wallace, Kenyon College, 2005. In 2005, the famous American author and professor gave a speech entitled “This Is Water,” that has since become legendary. Steve Jobs, Stanford, 2005. and more articles from the EO blog. . It’s an epidemic.”. Watch | Transcript. Volunteer some hours. Watch | Transcript.

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Garry Tan is the next president and CEO of Y Combinator

TechCrunch

Beyond co-founding Initialized, which raised a $700 million fund (its sixth) last year and has over $1 billion in known assets under management, Tan was also co-founder of YC-backed blog platform Posterous, which was acquired by Twitter in 2012. YC itself says it was founded in 2005 as “an antidote to the classic venture capital firm.”

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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

Both Sides of the Table

Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. But back in 2005 there were a few people who spotted the trend before others and one of the true pioneers was (and continues to be) Jeff Clavier who founded SoftTech VC. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon.

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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

I''m super proud of Rob, Ben and the whole Backupify team--and this is particularly special for me because Backupify was the first investment I ever made as a VC, and the first board I ever sat on. I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky.

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The future of remote work is text

TechCrunch

The company is a role model and innovator in this area: It has been entirely remote since 2005, and at 1,700 employees, it has helped prove that a remote workplace culture can succeed at scale. A P2 post looks more or less like a blog post, with threaded discussions, the ability to follow replies and a Like button.

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How to leverage organizational storytelling in shaping culture

Entrepreneurs' Organization

At the height of its growth in 2005, the company underwent some changes. Pressure from the board and/or investors. The post How to leverage organizational storytelling in shaping culture appeared first on THE BLOG. Low employee engagement. When trying to affect change, language and positioning matter quite a bit.

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