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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

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We 10x’d our growth not through massive funding or flashy campaigns, but by staying deeply connected to our community and focusing relentlessly on what makes us different: ethical U.S.-based In June 2007, I applied to work for a tech startup based out of New York City’s Silicon Alley. The CEO called me right away.

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Today’s entrepreneurs weigh in: Is entrepreneurship a lonely journey?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When asked if entrepreneurship is lonely, EO members shared these thoughts. . Not only did the struggles of entrepreneurship take away almost all of my free time, the stress I felt amplified to the point that I could no longer laugh. Is it therefore surprising that many find the path of entrepreneurship lonely? psychological.

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A Seed Fund Grows in Brooklyn: Announcing Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

By some estimates, 50-60% of New York’s startup community lives in Brooklyn--and at Etsy it’s as high as 80%. I will be working hard to help it reach that potential, while continuing the work I’ve been doing for NYC’s tech community as a whole for the last seven plus years. Brooklyn is my home.

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Women entrepreneurs find success despite lack of access to investment capital

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Despite an overall decline in entrepreneurship in the United States, women are still responsible for the launch of a large portion of business startups in recent years. Since 2007, the number of businesses owned by Black women has grown by 163%. The future is inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems. Plenty of initiative.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Founded in 2007. Platform that provides radio music programming via crowd sourced contributions from social community; programming is syndicated nationally.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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My Journey from GSEA Global Finalist to Digital Nomad

Entrepreneurs' Organization

At Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) , our vision is to build the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs. A global finalist in the 2007 GSEA competition, he is now an EO Minnesota member who owns five businesses. In 2007, I competed in the GSEA Global Finals and afterward was encouraged to join EO Accelerator.