Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

By the time I founded Equifund in 2016, I was deeply familiar with the landscape and felt prepared to tackle the challenge. and more articles from the EO blog. The post Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping first appeared on The EO Blog. The problem I was solving was so clear to me.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

According to the National Science Foundation , women earned only 19% of computer science degrees in 2016. In 2016, 31% of CS masters degrees were granted to women, up from 28% in 1997. Portions of this post originally appeared on the JetRockets blog and are reprinted here with permission. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We reconnected in 2016 and began angel investing in startups in New York City.  and more articles from the EO blog. The post 3 Real-World Startup Lessons from Harvard Business School Entrepreneurs first appeared on The EO Blog. We first met at Harvard Business School as young students in 1989.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

The tech community has been having a long-overdue conversation about mental health and work/life balance and it’s something I’ve been talking up as far back as 2006 , 2009 , and 2014 on my blog and in public. I continue to emphasize that as an investor today. With both leaders, mistakes were certainly made.

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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. We just announced a few more things. 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

AUGUST 5, 2022

In 2016, I was looking for my next big thing after 25 years of operating a marketing business. and more articles from the EO blog. . To learn more about the MyEO DealExchange DX22 event, we asked Alan Peterson (EO Orange County), champion of the MyEO DealExchange premier group, about the DX22 event.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 2, 2021

Since 2016, not one US state has added personal finance to its K-12 standards. and more articles from the EO blog. . The post 4 Action steps to teach kids financial literacy appeared first on THE BLOG. Include your children when you make trips to the bank or ATM machine. Susan is a board member of EO’s New Jersey chapter.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 14, 2019

I maintained an active Tumblog from before we invested in 2007 until October 2016, when I stopped posting there. Tumblr was both a blogging platform and a social media application and while I always loved the versatility of the platform, native mobile applications benefit from simplicity, not complexity. I just did.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 2, 2016

Which of the 16 major start of categories in information technology will reap disproportionate share of investment dollars in 2016? This may be a breakout category in 2016 for Series A investments. Given the amount of seed investor interest, I expect many of these marketplaces to raise series A dollars in 2016.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 7, 2023

After 20 years managing and leading dynamic organizations in the financial services industry, Kelly has been serving as an EOS Worldwide Integrator since 2016. and more articles from the EO blog. She is hard-wired to find and grow other talented people, guiding them to reach their maximum potential. Named to the 2022 Inc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

This article was written for the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. … Read the rest of this amazing story in the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. The post Sneak Preview of our Newest Octane Cover Story: Starting a SPARK appeared first on THE BLOG. Sometimes all it takes is a little spark to start a revolution.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

for the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. These include weekly meetings for every project, conversations between employees and their supervisors, and discussion blogs on our intranet. … Read the rest of Victoria’s story in the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. My company has served the U.S.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

The following article was written by Glen Carlson , co-founder of the Key Person of Influence Business Accelerator, for the March 2016 edition of Octane magazine : Consider the three types of branding you can develop as a business owner: a company brand, a product brand and a personal brand. is about taking that pitch and scaling it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 13, 2020

McKelvey founded Invisibly, an ambitious project to rewire the economics of online content, in 2016. The post Innovation Stacks and Crazy Entrepreneurs appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. He is an Independent Director of the St. Louis Federal Reserve. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

.” “Fungible’s technologies help enable high-performance, scalable, disaggregated, scaled-out data center infrastructure with reliability and security,” Girish Bablani, the CVP of Microsoft’s Azure Core division, wrote in a blog post.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I recently survey more than 150 VC friends from all stages and geographies what they thought about the market by asking “Which of the following statements best describes your mood heading into 2016?” When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2016

#EOlooks forward to the new calendar year, with posts, pictures and videos citing upcoming technologies and inspiration for entrepreneurs in 2016. appeared first on THE BLOG. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram and LinkedIn for daily posts! The post Where and When is Creativity Cultivated?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 16, 2017

In 2016, with 10 to 15 volunteers a week, our team represented 30,000 refugee mothers and children, securing the release of 99.9% Past winners of EO’s Global Citizen Award include Manny Padda in 2016 and Sri Bharatam in 2015. of them from the private prison in Texas where they were detained.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2019

Written for EO by Manny Padda an entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist who won the 2016 Canadian Angel of the Year Award. The post Practical Ways that Canadian Startups Can Go Global (Without Leaving Home) appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2017

The right time came in 2016 when Accelerator launched at EO Forth Worth. Hana reached her goal and graduated from the Accelerator program in April 2016. Hana Laurenzo is among nearly 100 Accelerator 2016/2017 graduates. The post Accelerate Your Growth With This Top EO Program appeared first on THE BLOG. So, Hana waited.

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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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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. Here is the Google Doc where we tracked these.]

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 27, 2017

Tom McManus, Chapter President of EO Western New York, was inspired to launch an SLP Forum in his chapter after hearing about their value at the 2016 Global Leadership Conference (GLC) in Bangkok. McManus returned home and decided to launch an SLP Forum in late 2016—leaving him just four months to prepare.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

I have been reading Fred’s blog AVC for about a decade now. I sort of feel mentored by Fred via his blog, which is pretty remarkable for just writing words on the web and sharing them. Of course, over the last decade, the rest of the world doesn’t need to read these blogs to see what’s going on. A blog entry for another day.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 31, 2016

A message from Entrepreneurs’ Organization CEO, Vijay Tirathrai, to Accelerator Participants: #EOlooks forward to the new calendar year, with posts, pictures and videos citing upcoming technologies and inspiration for entrepreneurs in 2016. The post Video: A Message from EO’s CEO appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

A version of this article first appeared 28 March 2016 on the Bradford Group’s blog. The post What a Hindu Priest Taught Me About PR and Marketing appeared first on THE BLOG. Then you can embark on the traditional creative journey of immersion in information, incubation and ideation. May the force be with you.

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HPA

MARCH 3, 2022

HPA has been an investor in Catalytic since the Series Seed investment in 2016. For more information on the acquisition, view the press release or read more on PagerDuty’s blog. We are excited to announce that our portfolio company Catalytic will be acquired by PagerDuty , a global leader in digital operations management.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 22, 2016

This article was originally posted to Octane in June 2016. . The post Health and Hope: Using Entrepreneurship to Tackle Air Pollution appeared first on THE BLOG. He is a Graduate of the Wharton School of Business.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Founded in 2016, Setter provides its customers with video home checkups conducted by experts, then offers personalized plans for how to address any issues. Thumbtack , a marketplace where you can hire local professionals for home improvement and other services, is announcing that it has acquired Setter.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Amazon’s first foray into the world of accelerator programs, designed to help early-stage startups build and launch, was focused on conversational AI back in 2016. Now, seven years later, Amazon has another AI accelerator – this time led by Amazon Web Services with a focus on the newest zeitgeist: generative artificial intelligence.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2016

#EOlooks forward to the new calendar year, with posts, pictures and videos citing upcoming technologies and inspiration for entrepreneurs in 2016. The post Fans Becoming Investors: Marketing Tips for Startups appeared first on THE BLOG. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram and LinkedIn for daily posts!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2016

These might include activities such as: Publishing blog articles more regularly. EOlooks forward to the new calendar year, with posts, pictures and videos citing upcoming technologies and inspiration for entrepreneurs in 2016. The post Automated Marketing Systems That Last All Year appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The Entrepreneurial Masters Program class of 2016. 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. He is the CEO and founder of Best in Class Education , an education center designed to help students and teachers grow.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Selexys Pharmaceuticals was acquired by Novartis for $665 million in October 2016. Notable investment successes include: Crescendo Bioscience , an early i2E investment, was acquired for $270 million in 2014. Novazyme Pharmaceuticals Inc. was acquired by Genzyme Corp for $137.5 million in 2001.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 1, 2017

While the economy generally grew at a slow pace in 2016, employment in women-owned firms continued to increase according to the National Women’s Business Council. Q: The Dow has been rallying since November 2016. The post Investing and Saving as a Woman Entrepreneur appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 16, 2017

Shodan, which is like a Google for Internet-connected devices—recently said a search performed in January 2016 identified close to 200,000 Internet-connected devices that are still susceptible to the three-year old Heartbleed vulnerability. appeared first on THE BLOG. Well…surprise! Yeah, that’s why.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 9, 2019

billion between 2012 and 2016. According to the analysis, “The Economic Impact of Ben Franklin Technology Partners,” which represents the fifth in a series and covers the period from 2012 to 2016: • Ben Franklin invested in 560 companies across the commonwealth. Every dollar invested by the state into Ben Franklin generates $3.90

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