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JANUARY 16, 2013

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. I became aware of Sam several years ago as I started noticing his name repeated in the comments section of my blog. Jordan Hudson. Kevin Zhang. So what is an EIR and why Sam?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

They allow my to drive traffic to my blog, to websites or anywhere I want as long as the audience will click. But it is just the top end of my user funnel and I need to convince audiences who visit my blog to sign up for my newsletter to have a “direct” relationship with them. Mark Suster (@msuster) November 7, 2014.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

I've been in the startup world since 2012 and only recently started finding content addressing this topic (take a look at the Startup Therapy podcast and on Josh Pigford's blog at Baremetrics). In mid-2014, Caya started Slidebean. Series F-funded business, growing 400% YoY are admittedly more exciting than bootstrapped companies.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

I put my ambitions of becoming an entrepreneur on pause for a couple of years until finally walking away from the corporate world in March 2014. At the age of 21, with a nudge from my mentor, I started teaching myself how to invest in the local stock market and, as I was learning, shared my knowledge with others through a blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

You can use the time to optimize your owned media, such as social media , newsletter, blogs, or to even start new content channels like webinars and podcasts. Ruchir Punjabi has been an EO member since 2014. The post Innovation Through Crisis appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. And a special thank you to Heather Brunner, our CEO for the past four and a half years. Long-time readers of this (11-year old!!)

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2021

When I moved to Washington State in 2014, I initially registered my business as Julia L F Goldstein Communications. Making the mindset shift appeared first on THE BLOG. Maybe your business name is just your name and perhaps your credentials—Nancy Smith, CPA. If you didn’t, should you do so? How about you?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

This is especially true in a booming market (like 2014) where PR firms can charge premiums and be super selective about whom they work with. And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums. It’s OK to push out extra ones on your website or blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. And some angels running around like Reid Hoffman & Keith Rabois. But not many others.

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MARCH 17, 2021

million in DeepMind, and recouped over 80 times that amount when Google bought the company in 2014. The post How entrepreneurs benefit from ‘Alien Thinking’ appeared first on THE BLOG. It was enough to secure a formal meeting with Thiel, who went on to invest US$1.85

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 1, 2024

Self-awareness and reflection A study from 2014 found that individuals who took just 15 minutes at the end of each day to think about what they learned performed 23% better than those who didn’t reflect at all. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

” Juxtapose this: Larry Page telling us we need more ambitious projects and one person with a blog writing a very negative take-down piece on a company that is truly innovative and trying to change an industry and free us from having to crouch in airport corners to get 18% more juice on our phones before catching out flights.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2020

In 2014, Greg contributed a chapter to Verne Harnish’s book, Scaling Up on how to improve profits though labor efficiency. The post How to Project Cash Flow to Forecast the Impact of COVID-19 appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Rules for Smart Scaling.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 22, 2019

Back in May 2014, Duolingo launched something called the Duolingo Test Center. You can read about it in the blog post when he announced the service. Our portfolio company Duolingo is known for their super popular language learning app. According to Wikipedia over 300mm people all over the world have used Duolingo. It makes sense.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Nightcrawler (2014). Chef (2014). Wild (2014). The Great Invisible (2014). We’ll post new pictures, stories, videos and memes every day on: Octane blog , Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn and Instagram. The post 18 Films Entrepreneurs *Should* See appeared first on THE BLOG. Moneyball (2011).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. We capped our fund size so that we would stay true to our investment strategy in terms of size, scope and number of partners as we stood in 2014 when we raised the fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And while John & I have been through these phases ourselves (and have even written several blog posts on the topic like this one and John keeps a great blog with many similar concepts) we simply haven’t been running large sales teams for the past 8+ years.

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Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

On October 1st, 2014, after more than two years of partnership and development, Gust proudly joined the Mayor of the City of New York and IBM in announcing the launch of Digital.NYC , NYC’s new official hub for tech and startups.

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JUNE 7, 2019

He and partner Steve Denny launched the business in 2014 to perform business valuations, help people buy and sell companies, and provide exit planning and consulting. The post Why Every Startup Needs to Shift Its Focus From the Checkbook to Cash Flow appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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JUNE 22, 2016

I signed up for the half-marathon at the EO Global Leadership Conference in Athens, Greece, in 2014, and I started training on the streets of Delhi. The post Health and Hope: Using Entrepreneurship to Tackle Air Pollution appeared first on THE BLOG. How did you take advantage of a health scare and turn it into a successful business?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2017

From 2014 to 2015, we are proud to have grown the program from 14 to more than 40 companies. I served as co-chair and in 2014, took over as chair with Ethan King as co-chair. We hit a high of 43 participants in 2014-15, up from 15 Accelerators when we started and had eight graduates who exceeded the US$1 million mark.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2016

I’ve been an EO member for 15 years, but it wasn’t until 2014 that I became involved with the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). The post We Recast Our Business Expertise Into Valuable Incentives for Young Entrepreneurs appeared first on THE BLOG. This article was written by EO Vancouver member, Calvin Johnson.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Notable investment successes include: Crescendo Bioscience , an early i2E investment, was acquired for $270 million in 2014. To date, $42 million has been invested in life sciences and advanced healthcare solutions, with 109 companies in Tulsa, 121 companies in Oklahoma City, and many others throughout the state receiving capital so far.

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MARCH 27, 2019

In 2014, my co-founder and I decided to hire our first employees. appeared first on THE BLOG. As a graduate of EO Accelerator and a current EO Boston member, Ryan says that he “shares huge debt of gratitude toward the EO Accelerator program for its impact on my business and my own professional development.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Hao Lam is an EO Seattle member who joined the organization in 2014. Read more perspectives about executive learning on EO’s Inc.com blog. . The post Learn More, Grow More, Be More appeared first on THE BLOG. The post Learn More, Grow More, Be More appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

I’ve been an EO member for 15 years, but it wasn’t until 2014 that I became involved with the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). The post The Power of People: How We Recast Our Expertise into Valuable Incentives appeared first on THE BLOG. This article was written by EO Vancouver member Calvin Johnson.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 16, 2017

In 2014, we saw Heartbleed arrive on the cybersecurity scene. appeared first on THE BLOG. By Silka Gonzalez, an EO South Florida member and CEO of Enterprise Risk Management, Inc. What was particularly remarkable about this vulnerability is that it can render the world’s favorite cybersecurity jargon—encryption—completely useless.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

I launched Flow Forum in September 2014 and since then, we’ve held nine meetings and our activities have included a one-mile swim in San Francisco Bay, snowshoeing up a 10,000 ft. The post EO and Flow appeared first on THE BLOG.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

CEO Kamal Shah, writing in a company blog post announcing the acquisition, explained that the company made a bet a couple of years ago on Kubernetes and it has paid off. StackRox was founded in 2014 and raised over $65 million, according to Crunchbase data. Investors included Menlo Ventures, Redpoint and Sequoia Capital.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 19, 2016

Ohanian returned in November 2014 as chairman, and Huffman eight months later as CEO. The post 6 Things Alexis Ohanian Wishes Someone Had Told Him Before He Started Reddit appeared first on THE BLOG. –before coming back to lead Reddit. But they did so amidst big challenges. Read the rest of this article !

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APRIL 15, 2019

Of small businesses started in 2014, only 56 percent survived four years. How to Be a Successful Entrepreneur Without a Winning Idea appeared first on THE BLOG. Too many individuals believe they need revolutionary ideas to become entrepreneurs. While having an idea is exciting, it’s not what makes or breaks a startup.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

I started going regularly in 2014 when I became a Global Shaper. (I and more articles from the EO blog. Overall Takeaways from the WEF meeting in Davos John Metcalf, co-founder and CEO of Upgraded , shared his experience at Davos 2023: This year was my fifth time to visit Davos during the WEF annual meeting. I am now an alumnus).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2016

But in 2014, the average job tenure was a mere 4.6 The post Why Young Entrepreneurs Are Crucial to Growing the Economy appeared first on THE BLOG. This example shows how rapid technical advancements are changing the very fabric of employment. And it’s not just about jobs lost. Read the rest of this article !

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase.

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JANUARY 15, 2017

By 2014, Vale Panama controlled the market, leading Moisés to sell his company to global leader, Sodexo. The post EO Member Spotlight: Moisés Cohen (EO Panama) appeared first on THE BLOG. In 2008, he opened Capital Bank with several partners, starting with US$11 million in capital and 25 employees.

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JANUARY 11, 2016

I founded Albany Can Code in December 2015, as an initiative to develop an inclusive software talent pipeline for New York’s capital region, joining some pathfinders founded in the past 24 months: Code Louisville, founded in November 2014 in Louisville, KY, is helping to fill a need for educated employees. appeared first on THE BLOG.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

This article was originally published in the March 2014 issue of Octane magazine. The post Flashback Friday: How to Raise Financially Intelligent Children appeared first on THE BLOG. By Clint Greenleaf. I’m a lucky guy. It all starts with a conversation.

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