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The two powerful skills every 10X entrepreneur needs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Kevin Chin is an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in London and the author of HyperTurnaround! Martin Bell, who sits on Arowana’s advisory board, founded 100tasks.com to democratize entrepreneurship and is an expert in launching and hyper-scaling companies. That could not be farther from reality. . Tech and Processes.

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Sisterhood of Success: Female Founders Share Insights on Thriving Together

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Many people think multitasking is a skill that women are naturally good at, but eventually working as an entrepreneur at a million miles an hour will take its toll. As female entrepreneurs, we are independent-minded and innovative, and this advice is critical for securing our future and the future of our families. Stop multitasking.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

Both Sides of the Table

She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. In the first 5 minutes you’ll realize that she’s a classic entrepreneur. More on that later. That may soon change.

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Garry Tan is the next president and CEO of Y Combinator

TechCrunch

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. Since inception, my goal has always been for Initialized to outlive its founders.

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Kevin Learned: Entrepreneur, Teacher, Angel

Angel Capital Association

The thing I’ve been passionate about since before it was fashionable was entrepreneurs and their impact on the economy,” Learned said. He became an associate professor in entrepreneurship and business strategy, then associate dean for the Boise State University College of Business and Economics. “I Later, he went on to earn a Ph.D.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

Both Sides of the Table

At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. Our founder, Yves Sisteron, himself was an entrepreneur earlier in his career and has been a mentor to us all at VC having backed too many billion dollar exits to name. I stayed close.

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4 Steps to Hiring a Rock Star COO (Plus, Why You Need a COO!)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

My strengths as chief executive officer (CEO) of RegioHelden were typical founder qualities: I was good at designing an MVP , persuading customers and employees, raising money and defining an overall vision and strategy. These people were fellow entrepreneurs, CEOs and COOs as well as investors and business angels.