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How to Manage a Startup Through Troubling Times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The pandemic of 2020 has tested most sectors of the economy. Join a CEO peer group. If you are in a peer group with other CEOs , it’s much easier to get perspective on what’s happening to you. Contributed by Rizwan Virk , author of S tartup Myths and Models: What You Won’t Learn in Business School.

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Today’s entrepreneurs weigh in: Is entrepreneurship a lonely journey?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Insights and lessons from peers around the world are the key benefits of EO membership. . The opportunity to meet personally (or virtually in 2020) with a group of trusted entrepreneurs who run a variety of businesses, to be able to share experiences, and to be able to learn from each other in a safe and trusted environment is second-to-none.

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Entrepreneurs Around the World Make the No Layoff Pledge

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In early April 2020, larger financial institutions including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Citigroup, vowed to hold off on making layoffs. In April 2020, Alex Yastrebenetsky and fellow leaders at his organization, InfoTrust , decided to launch a No Layoff Pledge which will last through 1 July 2020. The effects amplify.

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My Pandemic Pivot: From 0 to 130

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In March 2020 when the pandemic hit and the US shut down, the events industry was completely disrupted. These ups and downs impact us deeply because we are so close to and personally invested in our businesses. I am an avid entrepreneur and have now been in the events industry for 15 years. The entire industry ground to a halt. Leaning In.

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Still Open For Business

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I wrote a blog post on March 12th called Open For Business and thought I would return to the topic. But our focus has not moved dramatically away from looking at and investing in new companies and we don’t see a dramatic change in that regard among many of our peers in the venture community. It may in fact be open.

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Why Productivity Paranoia is the Real Obstacle to Remote Work

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Even before Covid, peer-reviewed research demonstrated that remote work improved productivity. And more recent research from Stanford University showed that remote work efficiency actually increased throughout the pandemic, from 5 percent better than in-person in May 2020 to 9 percent in May 2022. Not at all.

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How EO has impacted my life and grown my business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Natasha Miller is an EO member in Los Angeles, and founder and Chief Experience Designer of Entire Productions , which designs, plans and produces incredible event experiences both virtually and in person. The company has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing, privately held companies three years in a row.

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