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Three Often Overlooked Benefits of Joining a Peer Group of Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2017, my wife and I had recently become empty-nesters, and I was itching to get into something new. Brannon is also enjoying the perks of being part of a peer group such as EO. The combination of networking and educational opportunities that a peer group provides ensures members have access to top-level development.

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A Shared Vision On the Path to EO Alchemy

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Since pursuing and winning PEAK in 2017, Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Utah chapter is well on its way to achieving yet another victory: Hosting a successful EO Alchemy in October 2018. Octane recently checked in with EO Utah’s leadership to discuss the year ahead. Step Up is your chapter’s theme this year.

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4 women in engineering discuss harassment, isolation and perseverence

TechCrunch

In a blog post in February 2017 , she described her boss coming on to her in a company chat channel on her first day on the job. That’s why it’s so important to have more women in these roles: to serve as mentors, role models and peers. Feeling isolated. Roa says that isolation can lead to impostor syndrome.

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How VC Fundraising Favors White Men

This is going to be BIG.

On an app advertised to "meet inspiring people" for meaningful networking, someone tells this black founder, whose last name is "Youngblood" that is name is inappropriate. Last week, on Martin Luther King Day, I decided that instead of saying something in my weekly newsletter , I would do the opposite--I would listen. Ducks head.]

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Silicon Valley is a surprisingly clubby ecosystem: FC's Alex Mittal

FundersClub

They seek a VC model where dogma is less of a drag on the enterprise, and investment discovery can come from a wide network of smaller investors—mini LPs, in a way. This is one of the insights that Laura Behrens Wu drew out of Mittal during a FundersClub Facebook Live discussion on March 30, 2017.

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Stepping Up and Out

Entrepreneurs' Organization

At Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) , we support the positive trend of empowering women in entrepreneurship. Specific groups including MyEO Women of EO encourage support as individuals pursue their unique entrepreneurial journeys. The entrepreneurial path is wrought with exhilarating highs offset by sometimes demoralizing lows.

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Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten VC

But, most funds raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Capria leads the “largest network of collaborating fund managers in emerging markets” Their product Edge enables you to benchmark your internal processes against other investors.