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An Invitation to Explore and Adopt “Capitalism With Care”

Entrepreneurs' Organization

During the Great Recession of 2008-10, Kent guided dozens of CEOs and their companies successfully through the crisis and positioned them to capitalize on the economic expansion that followed. We asked Kent how embracing conscious capitalism during the COVID-19 crisis can benefit companies both in the short- and long-term.

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The Unsurpassed Value of Surrounding Yourself with Like-minded Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

We also asked how membership in EO’s global network provides value by empowering them to confide in their peers in the confidential space of EO Forum , which can help entrepreneurs move forward through challenges to achieve their full potential. Our business has grown at the speed of cash, slowly and steadily.

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The Ins and Outs of Business Networking with Adrian Miller

Smart Hustle Magazine

Business networking is a fun time — mingling, eating, chatting about business. Many business owners attend networking events but don’t utilize the time or crowd as well as they can. They walk away having spoken to a lot of new people, but not having made any real connections for themselves or their peers.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Network effects have evolved, moving away from the traditional physical spaces to digital ones. At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008. Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. the free YC Startup School courses).

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Meet Tatiana Glad, our New Global Executive Director

Impact Hub

Tatiana, current Co-Founder and Director of Impact Hub Amsterdam, takes over from Gabriela Gandel, who led the network for the past 10 years. We sat down with Tatiana to learn more about her as a human, her ambitions for the network – and her own entrepreneurial action. A: A pragmatic visionary! Why this role?

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Sequoia picks its horse in the consumer carbon offset market, leading a $2.5 million round for Joro

TechCrunch

Sanchali Pal first woke up to the world’s climate crisis after watching the 2008 documentary Food Inc. The app also has a community component, connecting users with sustainability challenges, classes and other educational tools, along with a social network to communicate with peers to track relative progress.

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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. One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. What areas are going to change? What areas need to be disrupted? Reader beware.).