Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2020

Greg Crabtree is a speaker, author, entrepreneur and financial expert. Greg founded his own firm, Crabtree, Rowe and Berger, to focus on helping entrepreneurs build their economic engine. What can entrepreneurs expect to learn from your presentation, “Simple Numbers Crisis Cash Flow Process”? After being named to the Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. It’s why I still randomly meet up with people I’ve met on Twitter or this blog. 2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. Entrepreneur Dinners. The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. The Haimish factor.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. Other people were convinced including Kleiner Perkins who lead their $30 million fund raising in 2012 (they had previously also invested in 2011).

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Gust

MARCH 23, 2014

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. Invested Interests business entrepreneur reputation' Twittering. Profile sites.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Here are 18 movies that have been recommended to us by multiple writers, entrepreneurs – and a few of our staff – for those who look for films depicting drive, inspiration and sometimes, the pitfalls that can occur when intentions go sour. Moneyball (2011). Ctrl+Alt+Compete (2011). Wall Street (1987). Rocky (1976).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2023

In 2011, Irish SaaS firm Intercom had a churn problem and found the solution by understanding the customer’s job. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc. and more articles from the EO blog. The post How To Take the Guesswork Out of Scaling first appeared on The EO Blog.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. But this is nothing like the stress of being an entrepreneur. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur? There is a difference between a Conference Ho and a successful entrepreneur. I’m reminded of this feeling.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? 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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 21, 2020

Tim has been an EO member since 2011. The post B2B Game Changers: How to Discover a Distinct Advantage and Become a Market Leader appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Praxent has been named for three consecutive years to the Inc.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

It’s the heroin-hit that hooks the entrepreneur. (The We just announced a few more things. Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue. We’re less than 8 years old so you can do the math on growth rates and figure out that we’re on an elite trajectory. The next sale isn’t quite as sweet.).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

Become a resource for entrepreneurs to have access to the lawyers, accountants, real-estate professionals and other people with whom our entrepreneurs work. Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! I wanted to be whimsical and have a blog as cool as Spark Capital. Next I might steal this. Thanks, guys.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

For me, that point came in 2011, when our company, Acceleration Partners, was doing about $1 million in revenue and I joined EO. appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Though the company was growing, I was doing everything and was burnt out.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

In case you missed all the kerfuffle this weekend, I posted this blog post originally on TechCrunch. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. Still, as I’ve written in the past, what I love about blogging is the ability to have a public debate where we can all learn. The post is balanced and worth reading.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The original version of this article appeared on Aaron’s LinkedIn blog. Aaron graduated from EO Accelerator and went on to become an EO member in 2011. He says, “One of the most meaningful discoveries I made in EO Accelerator was that I was not alone as an entrepreneur. Realizing the power of just one moment.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. But this is nothing like the stress of being an entrepreneur. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur? There is a difference between a Conference Ho and a successful entrepreneur. It’s not.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In 2011, we launched the first primary school chain in Africa that employs a blended learning model. RH: “Like any true entrepreneur, rather than wait for others to effect positive change, we decided to make a mark on our own. The post Sneak Preview of our Newest Octane Cover Story: Starting a SPARK appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Given that 2011 is already behind us, I’d like to take a brief time-out from the usual legal and financial wonkery to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. will transition to a similar system as a result of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) of 2011.) In practice, this leads many U.S. By 2013, the U.S.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2016

“Like most entrepreneurs, I am not a person that you would see as vulnerable, but we all have underbellies. ” As Founder and CEO of Boston Human Capital Partners, Kate Morgan started her consulting firm in 2011, on the heels of the recession. Some days, things go well. Other times, we’re riddled with unplanned roadblocks.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Aaron Lee is the CEO and founder of iluma Agency (formerly Illuminati Studios) and joined EO South Florida in 2011. . 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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Red Rocket

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

When I wrote my first blog post back in February 2011, who would have ever imagined it would have grown to over 335 how-to lessons for entrepreneurs , three published books and over 2,000,000 online reads. Generating fresh content for over 10 years was quite a feat and labor of love, as most long term bloggers can attest.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2016

In 2011, we launched the first primary school chain in Africa that employs a blended learning model. RH/ “Like any true entrepreneur, rather than wait for others to effect positive change, we decided to make a mark on our own. appeared first on THE BLOG. We want to change the local mindset when it comes to education.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. Entrepreneurs know this well. Back in 2011, Ammar used to work for a company called Be Sport.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. But the masses didn’t want to blog. But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

event , hosted by the Brookings Institute to discuss the “potential of female entrepreneurs in Japan.” ” The speakers (Japanese or Japanese-American) shared their personal experiences working as a female entrepreneurs with other Japanese businesses. At Stanford and in the Silicon Valley, they just love entrepreneurs!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

During the onset of the pandemic, Aboyeji, via his blog post , said Future Africa Fund was looking to raise institutional investment. It’s a similar model employed by AngelList , the company founded by Indian-American entrepreneur Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi as a fundraising platform for startups to raise money from angel investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

In 2011 , as Twitter hit the 100 million active users mark, the entrepreneur left to pursue new projects with Obvious Corporation , a startup incubator and investment vehicle that had included fellow Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and former Twitter exec Jason Goldman. The venture most notably incubated the blogging platform Medium.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 22, 2016

In 2011, we launched the first primary school chain in Africa that employs a blended learning model. RH/ “Like any true entrepreneur, rather than wait for others to effect positive change, we decided to make a mark on our own. The post Starting a SPARK appeared first on THE BLOG. and ryan@eadvance.co.za.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2016

Not every entrepreneur who builds a business from the ground up plans to “sell out” to venture capitalists and walk away. Besides these cases, eventual acquisition is a motivating factor for most entrepreneurs in the thick of a start-up process. That entire cycle makes perfect sense in today’s business landscape.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Tan will be taking over the role from Geoff Ralston, who has been with YC since 2011. Beyond co-founding Initialized, which raised a $700 million fund (its sixth) last year and has over $1 billion in known assets under management, Tan was also co-founder of YC-backed blog platform Posterous, which was acquired by Twitter in 2012.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 4, 2021

The first virtual session took place at the end of May 2021 and we got inspired to hear about what different entrepreneurs and experts are doing to build more inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems. One of the participants is Rut Turró , she is, in her own words, a social entrepreneur in the fashion industry.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 4, 2016

Ludwick Marishane won the EO GSEA Global Finals in 2011. I’m also currently the best student entrepreneur in the world, the first African to get that accolade, and one thing that really puzzles me is, I did all of this just because I didn’t want to bathe.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 8, 2017

So, with his support, I sold my company in October 2011 and used the money to fund my tuition at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography for their summer program in 2012. The post The Art of Adaptation appeared first on THE BLOG. This marked a huge shift in my attitude and focus.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Why This Repeat Entrepreneur Founded Frank, a Software Platform for Workers. And Does He Think Chicago Is a Good Place for Entrepreneurs? LLH: When starting Belly in 2011, yeah, we were tracking something like 15 companies in the Loyalty space. It looked more like a market map than a competitive landscape slide.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

I was fortunate that Jennifer, who had started the law firm on her own in early 2011, had already established the groundwork for our new venture. When I became an entrepreneur, I didn’t expect to have a direct impact on people’s lives. The post Embracing an Unexpected Entrepreneurial Venture appeared first on THE BLOG.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

There is a huge unmet need for this,” OncoHost CEO Ofer Sharon, a physician and entrepreneur with experience at global pharmaceutical companies like AstraZeneca and Merck, tells Sara Toth stub for our story in The Times of Israel. billion in 2011. Wall Street Journal: OurCrowd chases the ‘trillion-dollar opportunity’.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

I have neither worked at Netflix, nor written for the blog myself. As of December 31, 2020, 526 of Netflix’s engineers have written 407 blog posts at the TechBlog. A few months ago, Dan Luu wrote about how companies would benefit from doubling down on their own blogs. 4.62% of those people end up going to the Jobs page?—?11,550

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