Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 24, 2020

He is also a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) in St. In the last US economic downturn in 2008-2009, my Forum and EO taught me that the keys to surviving are being the first to respond, taking quick decisive action and being agile. What would you share with other entrepreneurs who are considering a similar pivot?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Ahuja is a serial entrepreneur, co-founder at X10 and founder of Byond Travel. If you’re like many global entrepreneurs and CEOs, you might be facing the greatest business challenge of them all: Great companies need great talent. appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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JUNE 18, 2015

I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. For entrepreneurs there’s too much money sloshing around. And it’s true that I still take a whole lot of first meetings with entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

On 5 June 2009, I received an unexpected call from one of my clients. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc. and more articles from the EO blog. At the time, I was entering a new phase in my life. My wife, Jasmine, and I were expecting our first child.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 22, 2017

I joined EO Accelerator in 2009, when I owned a business and my business owned me. One of the most meaningful discoveries I made in EO Accelerator was that I was not alone as an entrepreneur. Learn more about this life-changing program for first-stage entrepreneurs, and hear from other participants. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

You might think this was a detour from my life as a business owner and entrepreneur, but, really, it was just the beginning. It was 2009 and the housing market had just collapsed. Each agent shares client stories on our blog without censorship or Photoshop airbrushing, no matter how funky or non-photogenic our clients are.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

Jill shared lessons learned and more in a blog post to mark the occasion. But in 2006, I found my peer group by joining the Entrepreneurs Organization —and it was a game-changer. … 2009: Know what you stand for and surround yourself with people who are aligned with that mission. We grew our customer count 30% in 2009.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The September 2009 storm was the most devastating typhoon to hit Manila since 1970. We, as entrepreneurs, can only imagine what an ordeal that is, and how different the skills of farmers and shoemakers would be,” says Jonathan Te, president of EO Philippines. Then you’ll fit right into EO’s network of global entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. It’s always such a pleasure for me to spend time with Farb because he has all of the enthusiasm and energy you love to see in entrepreneurs. He’s also candid, humble and helpful.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

And if you are – what on earth are you reading such a boring blog as this?!? OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? Gogii spent way more effort marketing to what I call “The USA Today market&# rather than the tech blog market. But I never gave up.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. Unemployment continues to rise – Unemployment as of September 2009 is 9.7% So if I am unnecessarily concerned in this blog post (great!) but the truer number of underemployed is a whopping 16.8%!

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MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. “Ok, so this guy can write a blog and source deals but can he make any money?” “I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs. 5 years ago. The monkey on my back. ” Yup.

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MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. But VC is like congress. hours / day.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Mitch Allen, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Fort Worth, is founder and Head Elf of Hire Santa , a service that brings the season to life with thousands of professionally trained Santas worldwide. As an entrepreneur, I’m drawn to the concept of Shark Tank. It’s like the Super Bowl for entrepreneurs!

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. Yet nearly any entrepreneur who has an idea that other people aren’t doing will tell you that it’s hard to get investors excited. in 2009 the market was completely constipated as investors focused on triage. I avoided much of this.

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JUNE 1, 2011

But they weren’t there in 2009 when you were up late nights shitting yourself whether you really were smart for pursuing this idea. I was thinking about all of this as I looked at the logs from my WordPress blog this evening. I started blogging 2 years ago. Less than 100 people read that original post 2 years ago.

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APRIL 5, 2010

I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Crazy, huh?

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MARCH 2, 2016

When I was camping out in the Ace Hotel back in 2009 before First Round had an office, I took meetings with 3-5 people a day, 4-5 days a week, for 7 months. There are tons of small food entrepreneurs who can't afford a big retail space--or who would love to add on a small footprint in a high traffic area. The more the merrier.

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AUGUST 20, 2015

blog here ). If one entered between 2009-2015 he or she is no doubt in the “hazard” phase where one need to be careful about thinking he know more about the industry than perhaps he do. The funny thing about “too much money” is that it doesn’t just come from entrepreneurs. Same as I felt.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Floodgate exists to invest in prime movers - entrepreneurs who build movements that become category defining companies - before the rest of the world believes in them. Taskrabbit; Nov 2009 What is one question you ask yourself before investing in a company? Favorite business book, blog, podcast? What struck you about them?

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MAY 9, 2012

Oh, did you think I meant something else? :) I just thought today was Salacious Headline Day in the VC blogging world so I thought I'd chime in. When I first sat down with Josh back in September of 2009 to talk about joining First Round.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. PHONE CALLS. Enter phone calls. SOME INTERESTING DATA.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Michael Klazema has been developing products for criminal background check and improving online customer experiences in the background screening industry since 2009. appeared first on THE BLOG. He is the lead author and editor for Backgroundchecks.com. The post Should You Hire Your Next Employee Based on Experience or Potential?

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JULY 13, 2013

My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. And no one could see me as anything but a startup guy, so I started a second company and called myself a serial entrepreneur. Then everyone just started calling me a serial entrepreneur. So it’s something to be mindful of, how lucky we are.

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JUNE 18, 2010

industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner. Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Are “strategic investors&# (e.g.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 14, 2017

WHEN DID YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, “I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR”? I remember walking into my house after my first Forum experience in 2009. Over the years, my Forum mates, chapter peers and fellow members have helped me become a stronger person and smarter entrepreneur. And I burst into tears.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2020

By Shawn Johal, an entrepreneur, business growth coach and member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) in Montreal, Canada. . The company I had co-founded in 2009, DALS Lighting, was thriving and we would soon have over 40 members on the team. The thing is: I am an entrepreneur. What is mentorship, really?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

So, in 2009, Adrian created Adrian’s Network , an innovative and (very) successful business networking community that combines virtual networking (think conference calls and webinars) with in-person meetings. It’s now a comfortable community of support for entrepreneurs. (I bet you have some of those things in common with her!)

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JANUARY 31, 2010

Welcome to Social Media Week --the one week out of the year where we get to tweet and blog about social media! Current undergrads who participate can attend the Tech Meetup for free and some guest entrepreneurs even stop by once in a while. Come laugh and learn as we dissect the twelve worst social media campaigns of 2009.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. ” I highly recommend reading it. Profitability.

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MAY 27, 2010

Geolocation is so 2009. I can be frustrating for entrepreneurs who can’t seem to get a VCs interest until someone else is interested as well, but there’s actually a logic behind it, believe it or not. I just had just written about Foursquare on my blog, so I was actually invited to his biz dev meeting, too.

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AUGUST 21, 2011

My macro theme was “great entrepreneurs&# who mapped to my belief system about the kind of entrepreneurs I wanted to work with. 2) Harris Interactive IMShopping Poll (August 2009). (3) “People still want calls …&#. When I first got into VC I decided I better have some investment themes. 1) eMarketer. (2)

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MAY 27, 2010

Geolocation is so 2009. I can be frustrating for entrepreneurs who can’t seem to get a VCs interest until someone else is interested as well, but there’s actually a logic behind it, believe it or not. I just had just written about Foursquare on my blog, so I was actually invited to his biz dev meeting, too. Haven’t you heard?

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Unfortunately my wife reads my blog and she’d log in and add comments to dispel this rumor (she keeps me honest. I’d like to offer you two “life hacks&# that I implemented in 2009 and one that I’m test driving in 2010. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Let’s hope it sticks.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2019

EO Philadelphia Executive Director Katie Baer shares her story of entrepreneur-style community and support. I was hired in early June 2009 as the part-time administrator for the EO Philadelphia chapter. The great thing about entrepreneurs is that they don’t ask what they can do, they just do.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 1, 2019

Written for EO by entrepreneur and philanthropist David Disiere. Mark Zuckerberg, for example, has been making his goals public since 2009. For many entrepreneurs, January means a new budget and the opportunity to evaluate last year’s achievements while setting forth new goals. It happens in an instant.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Ashoka is a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Enter the entrepreneurs. The post Why Young Entrepreneurs Are Crucial to Growing the Economy appeared first on THE BLOG. This article was originally published in Ashoka’s column on Forbes.com. It has been reprinted here with their permission.

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