Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

The initial idea was born in 2013 but was not officially registered as a business until 2020 because she faced hardships launching the STEM Builders Learning Hub and finding tutors. Kavelle credits the YLAI experience with helping provide new tools and an opportunity to build on her business strategy to help her succeed.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2021

During an online business workshop in December 2020, the presenter asked me whether our venture was a hobby or a business. There’s no need for long-term strategy or a plan for growth because there’s no risk if your venture fails to attract clients. In 2020, I took a bold step that I had been considering for years. How about you?

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Source Link

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Data from McKinsey & Company on global consumer sentiment shows that consumer and business adoption of new strategies advanced five years in just eight weeks. Despite many small businesses closing their doors in 2020, the pandemic nevertheless brought an increase in entrepreneurial spirit. Entrepreneurship-led job creation.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 16, 2020

Both are equally viable strategies. Venture capital, debt, or negotiating better cash collections (multi-year prepay) are all viable strategies to position the business to press its advantage. And what does that imply about your plans for 2020? Fortune favors the bold. So, which should yours be?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Rebecca is going on Simulmedia Live tomorrow at 2pm ET to talk about startups, marketing, growth strategies, and how she thinks about all of these issues in identifying attractive investments and helping our portfolio companies with their growth strategies. If you want to listen in, you can register here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 20, 2022

Contributed by Chris Jacks , director of growth strategy for HireInfluence , where he analyzes and adapts to the ever-changing influencer marketing industry. In 2020, the Instagram influencer market size across the globe surpassed US$2 billion. In 2020, TikTok’s initial influencer count was 35,500 but later leaped to over 106,000.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

We’ll just wait until companies that last raised in 2019 or 2020 come to market.” We don’t want to compete for the largest AUM (assets under management) with the biggest firms in a race to build the “Goldman Sachs of VC” but it’s clear that this strategy has had success for some. At Upfront we believe clearly in “super focus.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

TikTok, in combination with COVID-19 lockdowns that began in 2020, created a perfect storm for the endless scrolling of quick entertaining and informative video content. The fact that influencers are moving their strategies to shorter-form content is a clear signal for startups to follow suit. Let that sink in.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 5, 2021

When the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in the US in January of 2020, the situation demanded a rapid response. If you can figure out why you didn’t achieve what you’d hoped to, you can develop a different strategy, one that will lead to a better outcome. Contributed to EO by B. Jeffrey Madoff. Experiment.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2022

Between February 2020 and February 2022 in the US alone, the unemployment rate barely shifted from 5.7 Even for companies that have made great progress in diversifying their organizations, there is real risk of reverting to a former homogenous status quo, unless hiring strategies evolve. million to 6.3 million, respectively.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This notoriously complicated beast can make or break a business depending on how its members confront conflict and develop strategies for success. First, the “Alexi Cashen Podcast” series in 2020. In addition to overseeing a company as CEO in a global pandemic, I launched two passion projects. This year, I also launched St.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 12, 2020

This has been a good strategy and we have assembled a fantastic direct to learner portfolio that includes companies like Duolingo , Quizlet , Skillshare , Codecademy , and Outschool. And yet this portfolio will generate close to a half a billion dollars of revenue in 2020. Many learners use these products for free.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

If there’s one thing we’ve learned in 2020, it’s that you really can’t be overprepared. Enhance your self-discipline with these tips: Make habit-forming a priority by using apps or strategies like the 21-day rule. Change your strategy. Build your professional network with resources such as these: Four Cs of Networking .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 20, 2022

We asked EO members from various industries about the solutions and strategies they have implemented in response to these significant challenges. In 2020, we paid US$6,500 for a container to be shipped and delivered. Our margins dropped from 45% in 2020 to 25% in 2021. . Here’s what they shared: Take creative actions.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 18, 2021

I feel fortunate to have attended three high-level learning opportunities through EO: I attended EO with Harvard Business School Executive Education : Inspiring Entrepreneurial Strategy, with 95 other members from around the globe to develop groundbreaking strategies and skills in analyzing industry evolution that helped our businesses grow.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures Focus on Cash While the headlines in 2020 & 2021 touted many massive fundraising events and heady valuations, we believed that for savvy investors it also represented an opportunity for real financial gains.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 5, 2020

This year’s IWD falls on 8 March, 2020, and its focus is #eachforequality, which recognizes that equality is not a women’s issue—rather, it’s an economic issue. With robust female-focused initiatives and a longstanding history of empowering women leaders , EO upholds the mission of this global program every day. The Point 7 team.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 2, 2020

Fortunately, recent research in cognitive neuroscience has identified strategies help you know when you’re falling into cognitive biases , as well as ways to defeat these dangerous judgment errors in your professional life. It’s a learnable strategy based on a distinct sequence of eight simple steps. It’s not mythical.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 14, 2021

One day in November 2020, I was scrolling through Facebook, and a wild ad appeared, announcing GSEA Bogota. We’re going to invest the prize money mainly on two things, paying someone to help us with sales in Mexico and creating content for our marketing strategy. For me, it was totally different. I thought, “Meh. So, I skipped it.

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Startup Blogpost

JULY 14, 2023

8 Retirement Planning Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Self-employed Individuals In the complex world of retirement planning, entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals face unique challenges. This strategy offers a unique and less commonly known approach to retirement planning for entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

— samir kaji (@Samirkaji) April 7, 2020 To guide startups through the confusion, Dreamit interviewed three leaders helping startups secure emergency funding from different perspectives as bankers, attorneys, and investors. The information on this page was updated on April 6th, 2020. Last Friday was anything but orderly.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

This strategy is called keyword cannibalization and it is not an effective strategy for getting multiple webpages on your site to rank. You can determine this with a bit of research using keywords similar to your content, like “best travel destinations 2020.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Microsoft found that from February 2020 to February 2021, time spent in meetings on its Teams platform more than doubled , and the average length of meetings rose from 35 to 45 minutes. Here are two key strategies that can help you and your teams break out of the silos you’ve been stuck in: 1. Creating a More Connected Organization.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 12, 2022

Here’s what Justine shared: “My co-founder (AKA my husband) and I started the business in 2020, and hit seven figures in revenue in under a year. I then reverse-engineered the strategy and associated key metrics based on my authentic vision. The whole experience has been a whirlwind! .

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 14, 2021

In recognition of International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9, 2020, YLAI Network members joined a conversation with nine YLAI Fellowship alumni from a variety of countries and specialties on the YLAI Network Facebook page to discuss what leadership and integrity means to them. Strategies change but principles shouldn’t.

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500

JUNE 9, 2020

Supply chains have been disrupted, businesses have had to close or operate at limited capacity for months, and even founders have had to expand their fundraising timeframes as we saw in our 2020 Female Founders Data Report. As a VC firm, we’ve had to adapt many aspects of our business as well.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2021

You can use decision-aid strategies to address cognitive biases to defend your organization from misinformation. One of the most effective strategies is to help your employees and yourself build up a habit of automatically considering alternative possibilities to any claim you hear, especially claims that feel comfortable to you.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 26, 2020

In January 2020, when the COVID-19 crisis hit China, I was busy planning a two-week spring vacation to Europe with my 14-year-old daughter. Cruise lines were having issues, and it seemed unlikely that the summer 2020 Alaska cruise season—for which we were about to start production production—would happen at all. Living the Learning.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Fortunately, recent research in these fields shows how you can use pragmatic strategies to address these dangerous judgment errors , whether in your professional life , your relationships , or other areas in life. You need to evaluate where cognitive biases are hurting you and others in your team and organization.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

At Upfront we often talk about these as “shots on goal” (a fitting soccer analogy given the EURO 2020 tournament is on right now). The right number of deals will depend on your strategy. So if you truly want to be great at investing you need all the right skills and access AND a diversified portfolio.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Who: Magnify Consulting What: Sales strategy, CRM, outsourced, tradeshows NZ HQ: Wellington Who do you work with and what key challenges do you help them solve? Sales strategy + sales process Get set up for sales success. Better still some of these sales strategies are free (apart from your time!).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2024

She has championed numerous committees and initiatives, notably spearheading the launch of EO’s new brand in 2020 and leading critical projects, including the EO purpose project. Her work has particularly highlighted empowering women entrepreneurs through MyEO Women.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Whether it’s an insight about a key problem, an amazing book or podcast share, a vendor referral, a parenting strategy, a key relationship introduction, or one of dozens of other ways we create value together. The program began in November 2020. As we know, when two EO members connect, value is immediately created.

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Source Link

JULY 30, 2021

Getting the word out – successful strategies. In 2020, SourceLink organized monthly virtual conversations to provide support to our affiliates during the COVID-19 pandemic. We then asked affiliates to share their best practices during our May and July marketing conversations. Go where you can uniquely reach your audience.

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Dream It

MARCH 28, 2020

Biomeme’s test for COVID-19 should receive FDA Emergency Use Authorization shortly (last updated March 28, 2020). In response to COVID-19, Neuroflow has launched a new solution to support patients remotely and complement a system’s telehealth strategy.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 14, 2020

One of the most fascinating things I’ve been watching is how the 80 something USV portfolio companies are adjusting their marketing strategies during this pandemic. I’m curious to hear about how their customers are operating in this environment and what is working and what is not.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2021

We were in a growth year in 2020, with the most trips we had ever sold, excited about the new travelers we would meet. But in early March 2020, they were not yet common. On March 18, 2020 we launched our first virtual, interactive cooking class with my friend, Alain, who lives in Pistoia, Italy. Our revenue stopped.

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