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The Unsurpassed Value of Surrounding Yourself with Like-minded Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

It’s Small Business Week in the US, April 30 – May 6, a time to celebrate entrepreneurs and startups for their big ideas and their unrelenting drive to bring them into reality. It’s also an ideal opportunity for entrepreneurs to share experience, inspiration, and the challenges you’ve overcome to make your business a success.

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Tech, Education, and Making a Difference in South Africa: Meet Justinus Adriaanse

Entrepreneurs' Organization

However, Adriaanse’s path to uplift South Africa would prove to be a challenging and unpredictable one, a journey befitting a true entrepreneur. However, just as the path seemed paved with success, an unforeseen twist of fate — the 2008 global financial crisis — caused the market to collapse and sales to plummet.

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An Invitation to Explore and Adopt “Capitalism With Care”

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Kent Gregoire is an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Boston and CEO of Symphony Advantage , which helps CEOs achieve ongoing personal and professional success through strategic thinking, advice and planning. CEOs, entrepreneurs, business leaders?to Here’s what he shared: I invite you?CEOs, Finding My Tribe in EO.

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Project Octane: Kicking Into Gear

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Ryan Unger (RU) / “It was 2008, and Zak and I were still building our business from the ground up. I remember seeing a web banner for the EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (EO GSEA) while working toward my graduate degree, so I decided to go ahead and nominate myself. WALK US THROUGH THE ORIGINS OF PUNCHKICK INTERACTIVE.

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How To Unleash Sustainable Innovation That Matters

Entrepreneurs' Organization

By some estimates, it takes 1 million pounds of raw material to support the lifestyle of an average American in a year. In 2008, Unilever , a company of 172,000 employees and 2015 sales of $60.6 In 2008, Unilever , a company of 172,000 employees and 2015 sales of $60.6 This article was originally posted on Forbes.com.

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Meet Tatiana Glad, our New Global Executive Director

Impact Hub

Also, it’s why I started an Impact Hub (Amsterdam, 2008), why I served on the global Board (2015-2018) and contributed through other roles, and why I want to continue to serve the network. We’re excited to share that Tatiana Glad joins the Impact Hub global team as our new Executive Director. A: A pragmatic visionary! Why this role?

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Asset Management Is a Peculiar Industry Ripe for Disruption

David Teten VC

“ One summer day, probably in the 1870s, friends of a major short-seller got together on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island, where they admired the enormous yachts of New York’s richest brokers. After gazing long and thoughtfully at the beautiful boats, the short seller asked wryly, ‘Where are the customers’ yachts?’ ”.