Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 14, 2017

Each year, thousands more do the same through the Path of Leadership (PoL) program, which equips members with the tools, knowledge and networks they need to grow as leaders. HOW HAS THIS GLOBAL COMMUNITY SUPPORTED YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY? I remember walking into my house after my first Forum experience in 2009.

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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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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. of the funding raised since 2009, while Latinx female founders saw only 0.4% of total investment dollars.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2020

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. Social responsibility: personal community impact, mission-driven business, or track record for volunteering.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 29, 2016

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. The new game is one where companies are driven to serve their customers, employees and community… not simply to increase profits for its shareholders. Enter the B Corp.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

ACA has continued its efforts to push legislation to help the entire Angel community. Through ACA’s strong and experienced public policy leadership team, ACA has been able to gain more diverse voices as both investors and entrepreneurs. ACA continues to foster good lines of communication with the SEC and good relationships at the SBA.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

This article was originally posted on Inc.com, a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization , the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs. From 2007-2009 and again from 2012-2013, I said yes to way too many “cool” things. By Tim Ferriss, Author, Early Stage Investor. Each year we vow to be more productive.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

And then take your experience and turn it into a piece of thought leadership career advice to share with people reading this. When I learned they were hiring a community manager, I threw everything I had at the interview process. They gave me a shot. Working at Box was a revelation.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 12, 2020

We all know how rumors can easily circulate within communities during a crisis. What is equally important is how you as leaders within our alumni community respond to and counter disinformation. She participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program on Investigative Journalism in 2014. Me or Journalists?

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JULY 2, 2015

Metrics matter most in Series B, or as the venture community likes to say: “There’s nothing like numbers to screw up a good story,” and render a promising startup unfinanceable. Only 4% of the 160 startups from the class of 2009 completed a 6 th funding round by April 2014. The graphic follows those startups until April 2014.

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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. It was just a hobby that was inspired by Brad Feld & how much he gave back to the community (and me as an entrepreneur) and Fred Wilson who’s blog became a daily staple. My entire partnership took their leadership team to dinner.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

But just give people a taste, and then what I would challenge the community here to do is, these different things that you’re not an expert on or you’re not good at, go back and read what Mark has written about it. Be an intern” And by the way, this is 2009. You remember what 2009 was like, right?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

… 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. It shows up everywhere: how you greet people in your office , how your website looks, how your physical office looks, and even how you and your employees show up in the community.

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