Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them. And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. Here’s Why on his Both Sides of the Table blog for a good read and a good lesson. Subscribe by email. I like that.

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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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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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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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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

MARCH 6, 2016

In 2008 I started VC blogging. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur. In 2011 I started using Instagram. In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch. Ironic to be self-centered while you’re trying to offer advice to others.

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

During his free time, he started a blog to tell his friends back home about his life out west, and also to recommend TV shows. Slowly, Mike’s Bloggity Blog became one of Canada’s premier entertainment sites, and Morrison found himself with a local newspaper column as well as regular television and radio appearances.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

In 2011, I heard a speech by Mark Zandi [chief economist of Moody’s Analytics] revealing that entrepreneurship in the U.S. I began comparing my personal experience as an entrepreneur starting my business 50 years ago to the entrepreneurial ecosystem today. What prompted you to write Boom ? was in trouble.

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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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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

3- If you have an idea + a solid team, you can raise capital What I failed to understand the first time in Dreamit was that ideas rarely get funded- but that's not the picture that is painted to us entrepreneurs. Many early-stage entrepreneurs believe funding is the first step on the journey of building a business, and that is NOT the case.

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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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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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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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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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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 9, 2011

I am excited to announce nextNY Fellows--a program that will support four new community leaders in 2011 build on what we already have and make it better, all while building their own skills and network. Here's what they will get: - A $500 stipend for 2011 to be used on leadership development. . The details of this program are below.

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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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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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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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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

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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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. 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. I hope to offer experiences from being an entrepreneur and being a VC.&#. If you were reading the headlines from only 2.5

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

I miss blogging because it serves as a great repository for me of my current thinking, as a way of organizing my thoughts and clarifying what I think and as a conversation started with so many of you (as Hunter Walk elegantly said, “Blog not to show how smart you are, but in the hope of soliciting feedback from smart people.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. 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. There are 2.9 billion email accounts. This figure is predicted to reach 3.8

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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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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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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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. This benefits you, the entrepreneur. It takes options off of the table.

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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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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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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

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

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

. Contributed by Michael Brody-Waite , a recovered addict of 18 years who uses his incredible experience with addiction and recovery to benefit leaders and entrepreneurs who want to step into their own authentic leadership style. The post How to practice rigorous authenticity by surrendering what others think appeared first on THE BLOG.

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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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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

An ecosystem that allows for the fast flow of talent, information, and resources helps entrepreneurs quickly find what they need at each stage of growth. In my last blog, I talked about the definition and evaluation of two key elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem – entrepreneurs and entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs).

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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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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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