Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Here I make the case that entrepreneurs must stay focused on the prize, not the doubters. Entrepreneurs. ” **. It can be one of the strongest motivators.

startup 417

startup innovation entrepreneurs transportation 417

Revolution

MARCH 26, 2025

Post-AOL, I dedicated myself to backing and supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs as Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Revolution. When our team first visited its startup community in 2014, the city had just declared bankruptcy, and people were not betting on an innovation-driven future. were on the platform.

capital 147

capital innovation entrepreneurship culture 147

American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 14, 2024

Women entrepreneurs continue to strive for parity with their male counterparts, but much more needs to be done. States offer the most opportunities for aspiring women entrepreneurs. For female entrepreneurs seeking locations to start a business, the factor of business survival rate may warrant their attention.

opportunity 116

opportunity entrepreneurs leadership economic growth 116

Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

And while there’s a long way to go in terms of workplace equality, women entrepreneurs are making their mark on their industries and communities now more than ever. These 20 women entrepreneurs are the ones who are leading the charge—and we think you’ll be inspired by their tremendous impact: Reshma Saujani / Girls Who Code.

entrepreneurs 130

entrepreneurs consulting culture financing 130

Gust

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The Raise: Fundraising Tips from Investors and Entrepreneurs. Thursday, February 27, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EST). Ilana Grossman, Gust’s VP of Marketing, will reveal expert fundraising tips alongside a panel of investors and successful entrepreneurs. The 85-Percent. New York, NY.

entrepreneurs 148

entrepreneurs pitching investment investing 148

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). I had served many roles previously on the BC Children’s Hospital Board, but I wanted to transition into something that engaged young entrepreneurs – and I found one. We also scoured newsfeeds.

peer-to-peer 130

peer-to-peer entrepreneurs hospitality incubation 130

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Great networking skills, which are critical when you want to be about to reference entrepreneurs & concepts and bounce your ideas off of other people in the industry. He was also an undergraduate of the one place that I think is cranking out some of the best young entrepreneurs and investors these days – Wharton.

investing 365

investing investment VC board 365

Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 15, 2019

Written for EO by Walker Deibel , an experienced acquisition entrepreneur who has co-founded three startups and acquired seven companies. . Too many individuals believe they need revolutionary ideas to become entrepreneurs. Of small businesses started in 2014, only 56 percent survived four years. Stay on top of trends.

entrepreneurs 130

entrepreneurs entrepreneurship creativity energy 130

Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Here’s a list of top sources for funding minority entrepreneurs. The NASE has been around since 1981, providing entrepreneurs and micro-businesses, including those by minority owners with access to grants and educational resources. It is a great resource for minority entrepreneurs with a more specific funding need.

entrepreneurs 131

entrepreneurs peer-to-peer collaboration communities 131

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

” We explained what we felt the core values of a firm of the future needed to uphold: Provide real operational insights to entrepreneurs (the days of being “money men” are gone). Give direct feedback to entrepreneurs on their businesses or if we’re not investing why it’s not a fit for us.

ventures 324

ventures VC strategy advice 324

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, But it’s very easy to be flattered into “here’s why we want YOU as an investor” by entrepreneurs and earlier-stage investors alike.

VC 374

VC investing investment entrepreneurs 374

Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists. Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community.

entrepreneurs 182

entrepreneurs venture capital ventures capital 182

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Sadly, in 2014, when I relapsed for the second time since my initial surgery, the board of directors made the decision to terminate my tenure at ESTREC. Since its inception in 2014, ROAR has morphed into a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation organization, together with sanctuary services for nonreleasable animals.

communities 246

communities education networking advice 246

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. Nightcrawler (2014). Chef (2014). Wild (2014). Rocky (1976).

entrepreneurs 100

entrepreneurs entrepreneurship media networking 100

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. YLAI has given me the tremendous opportunity to connect to a global network of entrepreneurs as well as gain firsthand work experience in the United States within my field.

entrepreneurship 245

entrepreneurship financing finance education 245

Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Ashoka is a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. But in 2014, the average job tenure was a mere 4.6 Enter the entrepreneurs. The post Why Young Entrepreneurs Are Crucial to Growing the Economy appeared first on THE BLOG. This article was originally published in Ashoka’s column on Forbes.com.

entrepreneurs 100

entrepreneurs transportation accelerator entrepreneurship 100

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.

startup 334

startup accelerator pitching venture capital 334

Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

He is also a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) UAE chapter. A version of the following article originally appeared on Entrepreneur Middle East. But as every entrepreneur knows, every crisis offers opportunities, and this one is no different. For entrepreneurs, cash is everything right now.

innovation 250

innovation energy disruption sustainability 250

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. In 2014, Greg contributed a chapter to Verne Harnish’s book, Scaling Up on how to improve profits though labor efficiency.

education 287

education disruption entrepreneurs finance 287

Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 1, 2024

For high-performance entrepreneurs, retreats are remarkably powerful tools — and the best ones can offer a significant transformative power to entrepreneurs who are seeking sustained success. Now, think about the advantages self-reflection could bring to entrepreneurs for an entire three days and three nights.

entrepreneurs 245

entrepreneurs leadership sustainability collaboration 245

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Before starting his own company, Boon’s Computer Repairs , in 2014 in St. Knowing how important technology is to every young entrepreneur, along with their leadership skills, Janeel’s passion for both came through in his interview with the YLAI Network, shared below. Kitts and Nevis, Janeel came from humble beginnings. government.

leadership 246

leadership education advice communities 246

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe.

VC 348

VC peer-to-peer frameworks board 348

Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A social entrepreneur known for building huge, global coalitions, Jeroo first started in Mumbai, working with street children. This work is embodied in Child & Youth Finance International , another extraordinary global coalition, which reached 36 million children and young people in 2014. Soon every night it was ringing.

entrepreneurs 100

entrepreneurs leadership education financing 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

My initial reaction to Adeo when we spoke was that while it may have solved some issues (debt versus equity) it didn’t solve the ones that I’ve been warning entrepreneurs about most loudly. A standard entrepreneur retort I heard back then (2008-09) was “I don’t know what my company is worth now. Seriously, dude?

startup 354

startup VC entrepreneurs financing 354

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It’s the nature of most entrepreneurs, honestly. Another thing entrepreneurs f**k up? Most entrepreneurs would like to stick their heads in the sand or would rather hear fingernails on chalkboards (there still are chalkboards, aren’t there?) It’s the norm more than you think. They can help you with pricing.

board 338

board energy financing finance 338

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Founder, Founder, Founder At Upfront we talk regularly about how 70% of our investment decision in Seed and A rounds is the quality of the entrepreneur and 30% is the quality of the idea. Jamie Siminoff is not only one of the single best true entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, he’s amongst the best we’ve worked with in the country.

education 247

education entrepreneurs founder advice 247

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2016

We know that to be successful we need to fund truly transformational entrepreneurs grounded in unique academic skills and with the self confidence and ambition to try and achieve results in which the market will naturally be skeptical.

board 207

board ventures innovation founder 207

Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

As smart speaker platforms have matured, more entrepreneurs are leveraging the technology to benefit healthcare. With NeuroLex’s different products, entrepreneurs and clinicians can perform voice-based data collection and analysis. million adults in the United States experienced a voice problem in 2014.

hospitality 285

hospitality startup health enablement 285

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

While this is temporarily a good thing for entrepreneurs it will turn sour when we go through the next inevitable downturn. But here is the deck I used to present before our panel if you haven’t seen it already: Final 2014 pre money deck from Mark Suster. We are 5 years into a bull market and all economic markets run in cycles.

VC 309

VC SaaS strategy ventures 309

A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

It’s the heroin-hit that hooks the entrepreneur. (The And now, with Silver Lake’s investment and support, we can accelerate our growth investing even more into our strategic roadmap, and placing some new bets on ideas we’ve had but haven’t been able to find the space to explore. The next sale isn’t quite as sweet.).

investing 175

investing investment leadership culture 175

Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

There is a need for the voice of entrepreneurs to be heard in Davos. I started going regularly in 2014 when I became a Global Shaper. (I At the same time, my entrepreneur friends kind of consider how they are Improving the state of the world, but it’s often not at the forefront. I am now an alumnus).

sustainability 141

sustainability creativity collaboration communities 141

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. Our vision has always been to facilitate the connections between entrepreneurs and early stage investors.

incubation 133

incubation communities economic development accelerator 133

Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

a nonprofit dedicated to fostering the growth of startups and entrepreneurs in Oklahoma, is proud to announce surpassing the $100 million mark in total investments. Notable investment successes include: Crescendo Bioscience , an early i2E investment, was acquired for $270 million in 2014. i2E, Inc.,

ventures 40

ventures investment investing entrepreneurial ecosystem 40

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). I had served many roles previously on the BC Children’s Hospital Board, but I wanted to transition into something that engaged young entrepreneurs – and I found one. We also scoured newsfeeds.

peer-to-peer 130

peer-to-peer hospitality incubation board 130

TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Working With A Chinese Factory, Hardware Entrepreneur Edition. It was just a matter of time until an intrepid Chinese entrepreneur with a tech background decided to take on Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. So it was just a matter of time until an intrepid Chinese entrepreneur with a tech background decided to take on Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.

incumbents 129

incumbents networking entrepreneurs opportunity 129

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And here’s an important point that I think modern entrepreneurs often forget: Investors are “co-owners” of your business. There are just as many bad entrepreneurs who do bad things. See as a board we can already see very clearly how our 2014 & 2015 years pencil out with a fair degree of predictability.

board 325

board media mentorship advice 325

Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The following PR tips I picked up from the project are applicable to businesses, PR people and entrepreneurs alike. Project Background In October 2014, a sinkhole was discovered in the parking lot of the dam’s control building. A short time later, a dam safety inspector noticed a muddy seep at the base of the earthen embankment.

entrepreneurs 91

entrepreneurs communities construction media 91