Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 28, 2016

By Lauren King, Director of the EO Accelerator Program. As someone who’s dedicated her career to helping small-scale entrepreneurs grow their businesses, I’ve heard many skeptics say a business accelerator program is just a cover for startups looking to increase capital. You need investment to grow but don’t want to give up ownership.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking. We just announced a few more things. Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. Any longtime readers of this blog will know that I often try to simplify complex ideas into a simple parable that is easier to remember to set the tone of one’s behaviors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

We brought together the best of all worlds: Conscious customers invested in uplifting the underprivileged, a low-cost and motivated rural workforce, and passionate leaders in urban communities who nurture and grow global opportunities,” Ravi explained in a 2018 interview published on Inc. This was an unexpected win!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 6, 2015

He found me through my blog and I didn''t think he was real. Hunter Walk can''t be any blog commenters real name, can it? I wasn''t sure whether his answers would wind up here or vice versa, but when I thought about it, it turned out I was pretty adamant that my blog is for my voice. I''ve known Hunter Walk for almost a decade.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

It’s the first EIR that we’ve had in the years that I’ve been with the firm and I hope will be the start of our investment in this program. We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. ” “Sam?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2024

This approach allows you to collect valuable customer feedback without investing excessive resources in full-scale development. This lean approach conserves resources and accelerates your understanding of the market’s actual demands. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. ” But I pointed out a professor at HBS ( Tom Eisenmann ) who teaches a course where blogs are a part of the classroom reading material.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 10, 2014

However, since I only have time for a blog post, I''ll settle for actual data. Since January of 2010, when I led my first seed investment in Backupify , I have led or committed to 27 investments. You start out at an accelerator or just raising some friends and family and that tends to be small potatoes.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

He is the founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners , an affiliation marketing company. These shifts are also likely to change how people work and shop far into the future and accelerate the pace of changes already underway. We are entering a new reality: the stay-home economy. Esports will also see a surge in popularity as well.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Snap’s in-house Yellow accelerator program, which invests in startups, has debuted its fifth batch of investments. The company invests $150,000 in each Yellow startup for an equity stake as part of the accelerator program, which first launched in 2018.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. On investment strategies I have “ Deflationary Economics ” 6. What is a founder to do?

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Onevest

APRIL 1, 2015

By Michael "Luni" Libes In the traditional world of early stage, Angel and VC investing, money is local. Over in the impact investing space, this rule is not true. The diversity of socially conscious entrepreneurs seeking assistance can be seen in this map of applications to Fledge , the conscious company accelerator.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

Like many modern VCs, we’re committed to investing in the community and in our portfolio companies. We created one of the first accelerators in Los Angeles, Launchpad LA, which has gone on to help launch > 50 startups in the past 4 years who together have raised in excess of $150 million in capital.

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MAY 11, 2012

In fact, thanks to increased scrutiny of investment funds in a post-Madoff world, this imbalance will probably get bigger and bigger. But crowdfunding investments in startups is the answer to all our worries in life, right? If venture funds could be supported by the local communities they invest in, you'd create a fantastic dynamic.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

That prompted Fred Wilson’s blog post appealing to the industry to make these simplified term sheets standard. Last to weigh in was Brad Feld whose blog post argues that the only 2 terms that should be negotiated are amount raised & valuation. The best series was done by Brad Feld on his blog here.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

An Odd Start To My Angel Investing. Which, as it turns out is a highly underrated thing (more on that in another blog post). So I thought of an idea: Why not invest in startups? Angel investing is like having a niece or nephew. I then wrote a seed round investment check of $500,000 to HubSpot. Not so fast.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. According to her, other people working for The Family have asked several times to see documents that proved that investments went through.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

At the same time, many investors are being more cautious with making new investments, preferring to focus on their existing portfolio before investing in new companies. It’s important to enlist the ideas of others that are invested in your venture. A startup is not a lone adventure. Join a CEO peer group.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2021

Annie Cheng is active in the Seattle chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) ‘s Accelerator programme, which empowers entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to aggressively grow their businesses. Why did you join EO Accelerator? and more articles from the EO blog. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

However, I did not expect that our hands would be forced in this manner, leading to an incredible acceleration of decentralised workforces and processes. A version of this article originally appeared on Kym Huynh’s blog. and more articles from the EO blog. . appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC. I know that I call them often to co-invest. I hate Silicon Whatever.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here are the top blog posts EO published on Inc.com in 2023: 1. She’s the author of A Business Owner’s Guide to Crisis PR: Protecting You & Your Business’ Reputation and serves as her chapter’s Accelerator co-chair. Did you catch them all? Don’t be afraid to get creative and explore new possibilities!”

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I''m super proud of Rob, Ben and the whole Backupify team--and this is particularly special for me because Backupify was the first investment I ever made as a VC, and the first board I ever sat on. I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 15, 2022

Brian is the founder of Daily Discipline , through which he shares powerful mindsets and explores personal skills that help accelerate the path to achieving your biggest priorities. Companies invest billions of dollars into the most advanced ways to get your attention, hold it, and get it back when they lose it. Distractions abound.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Boulder is quickly becoming a startup mecca on par with Silicon Valley — largely due to the Techstars accelerator, which has cultivated the city’s startup ecosystem. The Country Music Association started a music-tech accelerator, but the city is also the healthcare hub of America. Boulder, Colorado.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Lay the groundwork before the event and apply to become a speaker or invest in a tradeshow booth. Smaller businesses may be attracted to blogs, social media posts, and email marketing. and more articles from the EO blog. The post Strategic Casting: How to Fish For Your Ideal Clients and Employees first appeared on The EO Blog.

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Dream It

JANUARY 23, 2019

The acquisition comes at a time when enterprises and SMEs are doubling down on the resources they devote to earned media, the free word of mouth advertising that brands receive on social media, blogs, and major news outlets. We’re thrilled for the team at Trendkite and proud of them for executing so well on their initial idea.”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Microsoft today announced that it’s extending its partnership with OpenAI, the startup behind art- and text-generating AI systems like ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and GPT-3, with a “multi-year, multi-billion-dollar” investment. ” OpenAI will remain a capped-profit company as a part of the deal. .”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Thomas Rush is founder of Bootstrapp and Head of Investment Platform at ConsenSys Mesh. Revenue-based investing ( RBI), also known as revenue-based financing, or revenue-share investing, 1 is a natural next step for the private equity and early-stage venture investment industry. Share on Twitter.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

Should I, as the author of over 9,000 blog posts that have been used to train these large language models, be entitled to some of the revenue they will make? Trillions of dollars are being invested in the AI sector and that will continue for as far as this eye can see. Let’s start with litigation. Should I get some of that?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 24, 2023

Contributed to EO by Chantel Cohen, an Atlanta EO Accelerator participant who founded CWC Coaching & Therapy to help entrepreneurs and professionals alike find a healthy sense of work-life integration and create the lives they always imagined. and more articles from the EO blog. Prioritize your relationships.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 29, 2020

It’s best to invest time before you reach that breaking point. . Shawn Johal is a Scaling Up Certified Coach currently working with several entrepreneurs and their businesses to help accelerate their growth, while finding personal balance and happiness. appeared first on THE EO BLOG. You must seek it out.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It’s the whole basis of my investment philosophy, which I call “ The Entrepreneur Thesis.&#. I loved the quote so much I wrote an entire blog post on the topic. Nobody really knows whether or not the idea is yet going to be big, so I believe in not over capitalizing too early. This benefits you, the entrepreneur.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2023

Travel is going to be one of the biggest investments companies will make, and it will be well worth it. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested in this sector for commercial-scale facilities. Accelerated digital transformation. and more articles from the EO blog. Conscious entrepreneurship and adaptability.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2018

Having someone you admire invest time and energy in your goals builds successful companies and careers. Louis, I helped found UMSL Accelerate , an entrepreneurship certificate program that’s organized and taught by practicing entrepreneurs, and grounded in the principle of experiential learning. But the rewards are boundless.

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