Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 30, 2021

Many entrepreneurs are now experiencing a second wave of Covid-fueled anxiety and depression as we realize that we’re no longer in survival mode. As coaches who focus on increasing happiness (Shawn) and building a powerful mindset (Julia), we want to see more conversations about mental health in the entrepreneurial community.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 25, 2021

Kent Gregoire is an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member and founder of Symphony Advantage, which helps CEOs achieve ongoing success through strategic thinking, advice and planning. EO asked Kent how entrepreneurs can embrace the tenets of Conscious Capitalism. Contributed to EO by Kent Gregoire.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 13, 2023

We commend the VC’s and angels that have rallied around their entrepreneurs to repurpose lessons learned from the 2008/2009 recession. ACA will continue to follow and support the angel community and communicate as appropriate as changes occur.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Laurie Fabiano, the president of the Tory Burch Foundation , said the foundation decided to launch the tool after realizing that women entrepreneurs are often unaware of their funding options or how to navigate the form of capital that might best suits their needs.

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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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JANUARY 31, 2010

RSVP: [link] 5PM NY Tech Meetup Student Mingle The NYTM Student Group's mission is to encourage the involvement of students and student leaders in the New York City tech community and thereby better educate and prepare tomorrow's entrepreneurs. Come laugh and learn as we dissect the twelve worst social media campaigns of 2009.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc.

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DECEMBER 28, 2013

If you are a venture capital investor and you''re not preparing yourself to succeed in a more diverse ecosystem of entrepreneurs, you''re just going to get left behind. YCombinator had a great run from 2007 through early 2009 investing at a time when there weren''t nearly as many seed funds and accelerators as there are now.

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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. I saw a need for a company that could reclaim the home as a place to live, build community and celebrate our lives—not just as a short-term investment. It was 2009 and the housing market had just collapsed.

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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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In the short term, women founders can take action to boost their chances at VC success in the current investment climate, including leveraging their community and support network and building the necessary self-belief to thrive. In the long term, there needs to be foundational change to level the playing field for women entrepreneurs.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2020

This is an exciting opportunity for women entrepreneurs. The Tory Burch Foundation Fellows Program is a chance to join a community, grow your business, access $5K for business education, and participate in a year-long virtual education program. Therefore, this foundation is more important than ever before. . How to Apply.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Her diverse experiences with both commercial and nonprofit arts groups have enabled Ann to fulfill her professional pursuit of making these organizations exciting learning environments that engage and enhance their communities. She joined Creativity Explored in 2009 after being a longtime supporter and advocate. Anne Kappes.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 23, 2020

As one of the first spaces to open in North America by joining the Impact Hub network in 2009, Impact Hub San Francisco has had significant impact in their community including housing and supporting the Social Capital Markets Conference (SOCAP) in its early years.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim reading — with all-ethnic teams and female entrepreneurs receiving just a fraction of available funding versus all-white teams and male founders. s Black and multi-ethnic communities, meanwhile, now comprise 14% of the U.K.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

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. I certainly did. Bonus lesson: Mistakes are the fertile ground of innovation!

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

As a person who spends much time thinking about the venture capital & startup community and who has seen good times & bad times across many economic cycles the article is well written. And so do entrepreneurs who are quick to pivot to new businesses or to sell in an acquihire. Investors seem to think this way these days.

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MAY 7, 2012

You're not going to replicate the Valley, but you could certainly look to a place that went from essentially zero to the second most proflific startup communities in 15 years (or 8 years, depending on if you count the fact that we came back from zero again dating back to '04). They have a multi-generational head start.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. I stayed close.

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MARCH 15, 2012

He spotted Facebook in 2004 and Spotify in 2009. Seems to me that New York could use a guy who goes around broadening the visions of New York entrepreneurs. NYC needs him not only to wave the flag a bit on the ideas here that could go big, but also to share the steps needed to get here with the local community.

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

Ironically enough, the second nudge she gave my career also had to do with AOL--ten years later when in 2009, she introduced me to Jon Brod who was forming AOL Ventures. Does that make it a viable strategy for every new entrepreneur? My first article for the monthly edition was on AOL. Are there examples of that? Not in the slightest.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In the early spring of 2009, the fundraising nuclear winter of the previous year hadn't yet thawed. Many of you entrepreneurs know that feeling. That's what led me to open up an office in Brooklyn--where half of the people in the New York City startup community call home.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The other entrepreneur quoted in the story is from a guy pitching a Pinterest clone. The last closed market we had was from about September 2008 until June 2009--10 months. International and non-Valley startup communities are developing at a rapid pace. Needless to say, he's having some trouble raising.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 14, 2017

WHEN DID YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, “I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR”? HOW HAS THIS GLOBAL COMMUNITY SUPPORTED YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY? When I learned there was a community where people who couldn’t help defying the status quo supported one another, I was relieved. PoL ALSO HELPED YOU GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

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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. Food brings communities together and is a major factor in terms of someone's enjoyment of a work situation--especially startup and creative tenants. This includes coffee.

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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. She found that many groups had restricted rules that didn’t offer the community feel she was looking for.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Gogii came in my office in 2009 with three of the most talented founders I had seen. As you can see – they bring both executive & domain knowledge - which I’m on record as saying gives entrepreneurs “an unfair advantage.&#. I have to love both – but it’s in that proportion.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Community organizations like Shine & Rise provide support and mentorship to women who work at tech companies, and coworking spaces like Cahoots offer dedicated tech entrepreneurial spaces for the community. Founded in 2009, Duo Security has grown into one of the top tech companies in the Midwest—and the country.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

First, I’d like to quote (paraphrase) Brad Feld speaking at Twiistup in LA in 2009, “I keep hearing people in LA talking with a chip on their shoulders about building a tech business here relative to Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs in LA spend a lot of time commuting up to the Valley. For some, it’s a nightmare.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

It was a great chance for the class to interact with the community in LA. I first met him there and knew he was a talented entrepreneur that I wanted to work with some day. Gyroscope is in double-dog secret stealth mode right now so I’ll focus more on the entrepreneur. And of course we had, TheMan.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. As an entrepreneur you have to suspend disbelief.

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MAY 27, 2010

Geolocation is so 2009. Kinda seems like that sometimes, right—that the venture capital community seems to chase after the bright shiny object of the moment in droves and then just as quickly moves on to the next new new thing. Ok, so we’re all doing social TV now. Haven’t you heard?

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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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MAY 27, 2010

Geolocation is so 2009. Kinda seems like that sometimes, right—that the venture capital community seems to chase after the bright shiny object of the moment in droves and then just as quickly moves on to the next new new thing. Ok, so we’re all doing social TV now. Haven’t you heard?

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010. It’s fair to say that the Seattle startup community would not be where it is today without Techstars.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 29, 2016

This intensity is what makes us successful entrepreneurs. In 2009, he gave an interview with Francesco Guerrera of the Financial Times and said, “On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world. I can speak from experience because my company, Kinesis, just joined this growing community of change-makers.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Ycombinator acts like a recursive loop that attracts the best entrepreneurs, which attracts the best investors, and the highest valuations, which attracts the best advisors, which comes full circle to attract the best entrepreneurs. Boston has great universities, experienced entrepreneurs, and plenty of venture capital.

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