American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

(March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 12, 2023

Since 2014, Nik’s writing has garnered over 50 million views across a variety of platforms. From Writer To Book Entrepreneur w/ Niklas Goeke was originally published in Entrepreneur's Handbook on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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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.

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

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For Entrepreneurs

OCTOBER 9, 2014

For the third year in a row, we worked together with Pacific Crest Securities, an investment banking firm with a specific focus on SaaS, to survey 306 SaaS companies. This represents nearly double the # of respondents from last year, giving us deeper benchmarking data and insights to share on the growth and operations of […].

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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). 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.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

billion from 10,000 individual investors since its founding in 2014, the firm has funded to date over 350 companies founded or led by women of its 1300+ current portfolio companies. Now with the launch of the Women’s Fund 1 , there will be more and greater opportunities to invest in female entrepreneurs. Having raised $1.3

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 24, 2023

In 2014, Frissia started the First Leadership Center at a university in Mexico. Frissia has been doing incredible work since her YLAI Fellowship, and the YLAI Network is excited to interview her about why transforming gender equality is important and how emerging entrepreneurs should take the leap.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Success of Oklahoma ventures has given me renewed admiration for the entrepreneurs who built those companies. Each time one of these events occurs, I feel renewed admiration for the entrepreneurs who founded and built these companies. The post A renewed admiration for the entrepreneurs appeared first on i2E. By Scott Meacham.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Except… Betzig and Hell figured out how to break this law, for which they won the Nobel prize in 2014. This limitation is a hard, fixed law of physics, not a matter of how good the microscope is. It’s just a law of nature, proven mathematically by Ernst Abbe in 1873.

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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.

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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.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Tony Robbins is an entrepreneur, #1 NY Times bestselling author, philanthropist, and the nation’s #1 life & business strategist. Welcome to “The Ben & Marc Show”, featuring a16z’s co-founders Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen.

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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.

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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).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 14, 2022

Shonda Rhimes, Dartmouth, 2014. The award-winning producer focused her 2014 speech on the reality of her experience as an exceptionally busy working mom and the importance of doing, not dreaming. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc. Watch | Transcript.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Harrisburg, PA – The Wolf Administration announced today that Pennsylvania is offering opportunities to tech entrepreneurs and startup companies to grow their business by connecting with government clients and developing solutions to make governmental processes more efficient. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. November 2, 2018.

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

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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. 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

I began comparing my personal experience as an entrepreneur starting my business 50 years ago to the entrepreneurial ecosystem today. Unfortunately, we have created a widening opportunity gap for most Americans to become entrepreneurs. We start half as many new businesses in this country today as we did 30 years ago.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 16, 2023

As an early-stage investor, the first test for me is whether “my” entrepreneur is flexible in both the plan and execution of their vision (since from experience almost everything about a business plan changes over time), and whether that person, no matter what age or experience, is coachable. Why should we ask this question?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

“I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs. ” So it’s now March 2014 – 5 years since I started investing. At a minimum, I’m glad to have the “exit question” off my back in 2014. This is what I wrote on that Quora answer from Sept 2010. None have exited.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

Are you an entrepreneur with a great story to share? Now this company raised over $40 million in funding since they launched in 2014. Aspiring entrepreneurs out there, ready to start your own tech company right here in the Detroit region. for the WJR Business Beat. Listeners outside of the Detroit area can listen live HERE.

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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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Revolution

JULY 26, 2021

Sila CEO and co-founder Shamir Karkal is one of the original fintech entrepreneurs. We often invest in the founder as much as the idea. A decade ago, he founded Simple, one of the first startups in the neobank wave.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2017

In part I of our interview , we asked Brad about his journey as an entrepreneur. Accelerator is EO’s targeted program for first-stage entrepreneurs. What has surprised you most about working with entrepreneurs and the Accelerator program? I served as co-chair and in 2014, took over as chair with Ethan King as co-chair.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 29, 2023

It was with this belief that Wu launched Fujin Tree – Taiwanese Cuisine & Champagne in late 2014 in Taipei, aiming to debunk the stereotype that Taiwanese food is limited to braised pork rice and bubble tea. “But just because no one has done it doesn’t mean there’s no market. I knew it might be a huge opportunity.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I spoke with Sopoong chief executive Max Sang-Yeop Han , a serial entrepreneur who joined Sopoong in 2016 and acquired the firm in 2019, to learn about the VC’s plans. Sopoong was launched in 2008 by Jaewoong Lee , who co-founded South Korea’s largest internet portal operator Daum Communication, which merged with Kakao in 2014.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 2, 2021

There’s a psychological price you might pay for being an entrepreneur. The challenges entrepreneurs face. Many entrepreneurs experience social isolation ; even more so within the last 10 months or so of social distancing. Establishing a work-life balance is complicated when you’re an entrepreneur.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Entrepreneurs with an ongoing thirst for learning often turn to executive education programs to expand their knowledge base to tackle new challenges and opportunities. Why, as a successful entrepreneur, did you seek additional education? Hao Lam is an EO Seattle member who joined the organization in 2014.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

— Charlie O''Donnell (@ceonyc) November 1, 2014. The problem is that when new entrepreneurs read only one side of opinions on an investment, they fail to understand the legitimate criticisms of business models that are out there in the market. They seemed annoyed that I said anything in the first place. doesn''t much matter.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Entrepreneur’s Handbook I was an utter “wantrapreneur” when I first started Entrepreneur’s Handbook in 2014. So, as a student of entrepreneurship, I published everything I was learning from my own journey and from other founders in a collection called Entrepreneur’s Handbook. 2021 Reader Survey?—?Entrepreneur’s

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Loughlin was an entrepreneur before he was an investor, founding RelateIQ (an Accel-backed company) in 2011. The company was acquired by Salesforce in 2014 for $390 million and later became Salesforce IQ. How they built trust, maintain honesty, and talk strategy are also on the table as part of the discussion.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2018

At Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) , our vision is to build the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs. My motivation for becoming an entrepreneur was the ability to do anything, anytime, anywhere, with anyone. Great things happen when like-minded entrepreneurs get together! Where are you now?

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