Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 6, 2020

In a recent Q&A with EO members on Facebook Live, Rustand recommends compassion, both for ourselves and for others. In terms of pandemics, we remember avian flu (1997), SARS (2003) and MERS (2012). Think of the challenges you’ve already faced,” Rustand says. It makes perfect sense to be fearful at a time like this, he says.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A strong business plan and a realistic budget are essential for any startup – they act as a roadmap and financial compass, guiding your journey towards success. It forecasts revenue streams, anticipates expenses, and facilitates informed decision-making regarding investments, resource allocation, and financial management.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 3, 2022

Creating a company culture that values the growth, vulnerability and compassion innate in all people. It is about performing actions that harmoniously impact the 3 P’s : people, profit, planet. Specifically, it means: Using companies as a positive force for the environment. Elements of Circularity philosophy have been in existence.

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The Seraf Compass

JANUARY 4, 2023

So, we’ve consolidated our investment knowledge and best practices into the Seraf Compass, a well-organized and easily searchable collection of articles, courses, toolkits, ebooks and books to help early stage investors make better investing decisions, minimize risk and improve returns.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 13, 2020

Communication and Compassion. We’re considering staggered shifts of workers, so that there are less employees in the office at a given time. We’re reinforcing the importance of staying home if you are not feeling well or if someone you have come into contact with has tested positive.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

This vision will serve as your compass, guiding all the decisions and actions you take along the way. Establish what you want to accomplish by laying out all the key s teps necessary to launch a successful business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Lead like a woman As a female leader, Saichelle believes in leading with empathy and compassion. Figure out what you learned – because there was some learning involved there — then move forward.” She understands the importance of connecting with her team on a personal level and fostering a culture of trust and collaboration.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Consumers will find new opportunities for connection and belonging, as the fundamental human need for compassion and fellowship is increasingly facilitated by AIs that are infinitely empathic to everyone’s unique forms of weird. And consumers will have access to richer opportunities for personal development and self care.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 1, 2024

Even contrasting views bring more empathy and compassion to a Forum when shared safely. Focusing a retreat on different beliefs is a rare type of “5%” focus and an excellent way to bring a tenured or stale Forum closer.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

It’s the compass that navigates a startup through uncertain terrain, helping it avoid pitfalls and capitalize on opportunities. Real-time data analytics will allow startups to make quicker, more informed decisions, improving scalability and efficiency. As startups strive to scale, they’ll need precise financial forecasting.

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StartupNation

JULY 2, 2025

Sign Up for The Start Newsletter * indicates required Email Address * /* real people should not fill this in and expect good things – do not remove this or risk form bot signups */ Kindness Starts at the Top When leaders show up with compassion and clarity, it sets the tone for the entire organization.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 26, 2025

Every day, I feel like Im building toward a future where we combine science, imagination, and compassion to become real-world superheroesempowering frontline medics with tools that give them a fighting chance to save lives when secondsmatter. What has been your biggest challenge when growing yourstartup?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Approach each customer relationship as a unique opportunity Have you ever shopped somewhere and felt herded in and out or noticed a lack of compassion from the experience? They elevate the experience and tackle issues head-on. Every customer relationship is a unique opportunity, even when it initially starts with a negative experience.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

My company culture — based on trust, openness, compassion and non-judgment — is directly informed by my Forum experience, which is also embedded in my experience with our Regional Council.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 26, 2024

Emphasize Human Traits The closing thoughts from Mo’s book, Scary Smart , highlight the irony that our human traits—happiness, compassion, and love—are crucial in an era dominated by advanced machines.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Their role is to navigate the energy and personalities of the Forum to enhance the trust and compassion of each Forum mate. Facilitators lead by example, unattached to relationships or a need for approval. Facilitators live in deep waters, and their 5% is going to be quite raw, as the Forum doesn’t have a history with them.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Over the last five years, the most active proptech acquirers have been: RealPage (nine deals), Lone Wolf Technologies (six deals), Opendoor (five deals), MRI (five deals), Elm Street Technology (five deals), Compass (five deals), CoStar (four deals), Building Engines (four deals), Lightbox (four deals).

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The Seraf Compass

MARCH 23, 2022

In addition to articles and eBooks, the Seraf Compass makes various tools and checklists available for anyone to use. We have written quite a bit about the importance of thorough diligence and a professional and efficient overall diligence process. A key element is having a good diligence checklist.

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DECEMBER 29, 2021

In addition to articles and eBooks, the Seraf Compass makes various tools and checklists available for anyone to use. An area of diligence we talk a lot about is assessing the market and verifying customer demand. To help guide our investors through that process we have developed a Questionnaire for Checking Customer References.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2015

When you’ve been through the trenches together you have seen one’s moral compass and know who you can trust in good times and bad. When it’s the former you find ways to work with them again and again which is why getting the band back together is often more productive than starting from scratch. Cherish them.

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The Seraf Compass

JULY 17, 2024

We sent out a survey to our Seraf Compass subscribers to ask for tips and advice for first-time entrepreneurs. We wanted to share some answers we thought would be helpful!

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The Seraf Compass

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In addition to articles and eBooks, the Seraf Compass makes various tools and checklists available for anyone to use. As readers of our various articles know, we believe no diligence topic is more important than the evaluation of the team. So it comes as no surprise that we do not leave that important area to chance.

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The Seraf Compass

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The shift from building a company to becoming an investor is an experience I’ve realized can’t all be learned from a playbook. It’s a massive shift I didn’t fully appreciate until I experienced it firsthand. As a founder, I was used to a fast-paced, high-reward environment.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2020

In our business lives we’re having to deal with decisions that could have lasting impacts on our companies without any compass to guide us in the direction we’re heading . And they deserve compassion because whatever stress level you are under, your actions are going to make their stress levels just as bad if not worse.

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The Seraf Compass

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

We sent out a survey to gather insights into what trends our Seraf Compass subscribers are following in 2024. Here are the results:

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MAY 15, 2024

We sent out a survey to our Seraf Compass subscribers to ask for advice and tips for first-time entrepreneurs. Here are some results:

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The Seraf Compass

JUNE 28, 2023

Are you walking around looking for swashbuckling daredevils as investment targets? Do you assume that the process of innovation is a series of great leaps and brilliant insights? You might be making a mistake. Entrepreneurship is arguably much more incremental, and much less risk-centric than that.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 8, 2020

But most importantly, how to make tough business decisions tempered with compassion for our people. We’re pressed to confront harsh business realities—how to keep the doors open, how to pay the bills, how to address staffing issues. Our People. The journey forward begins by recognizing that our employees are our lifeline.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The Rebelle Rally, the longest off-road map-and-compass rally in the United States, wrapped up Friday evening with a new EV milestone under its belt. This […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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The Seraf Compass

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Have you ever been in a situation where you are negotiating an investment with an entrepreneur and you can’t agree on the pre-money valuation? Any early stage investor who makes more than one or two investments will certainly run into this issue.

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The Seraf Compass

MAY 28, 2025

In the sport of Major League Baseball, the greatest hitters are those who get a hit just one out of every three times at bat and a home run 5 or 6 times out of 100 at bats. In the world of startup company investing, the best-known investors are those who invest in the tiny percentage of companies that make it big.

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The Seraf Compass

JULY 9, 2025

When a portfolio company raises a new round, the decision to reinvest isn’t always straightforward. Emotions, relationships, and momentum can cloud even the most experienced investor’s judgment.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 28, 2021

Ari Santiago is an EO Connecticut member and CEO of IT Direct: A Compass MSP Company , a new company formed in 2021 after selling IT Direct, his original company founded in 2002. Getting to your highest and best use can be a long and winding journey. Here’s how to streamline that path.

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The Seraf Compass

JANUARY 11, 2023

In Part I of this article we discussed several key concepts of fund investment strategy and how funds are categorized, whether it be by industry, geography, stage, specialty (e.g. social impact, corporate, etc.) or some other criteria. Now let's take a closer look at capital allocation strategy and the life cycle of a venture fund.

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The Seraf Compass

AUGUST 18, 2021

Early stage investors might not view it this way, but… until a company has some form of financial exit (e.g. acquisition or IPO), you are really more like a donor than an investor! Think of it this way: since there is no liquidity in early stage company stock, you can’t sell the stock and recoup any of your original investment.

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The Seraf Compass

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Travel to almost any part of the world these days and you are likely to run into clusters of entrepreneurship.

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The Seraf Compass

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

As a deal lead, once you conclude that there is enough of an opportunity to merit potential investment, and around the time you start drafting the final report, you can push through the temporary euphoria and begin negotiating the termsheet.

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