StartupNation

JUNE 18, 2025

Your early hires will help shape your company culture, and that culture could be your greatest competitive advantage. Create a Healthy Company Culture A strong company culture is one of the most important assets to protect your startup. A positive culture nurtures collaboration and open communication.

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A Smart Bear: Longform

JULY 26, 2025

Because their financial data is public (in another example of their special, enviable culture), and because they’ve gone through a few different phases of life, they are a perfect case-study for SaaS metrics. This is accelerating revenue⁠—growing faster and faster. New MRR is accelerating, yet MRR is growing only linearly.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 22, 2025

Chris O’Neill : Accelerating Startup Progress with AI. Professor Ella Henry : Kaupapa Māori Entrepreneurship: An open wānanga exploring Māori enterprise, its cultural and economic impact, and strategies to empower Indigenous entrepreneurship. Jenny Douché : How Can Government Agencies Provide Better Support to Startups?

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StartupNation

JUNE 6, 2025

Here’s how you can build one with these leadership lessons from my 20 years as a CEO: Hire the right people —recruit for values, not just skills: Never fall for resumes with unbelievable skill sets, but no culture fit. Better plunge into mCommerce and accelerate your mobile pages as soon as possible. CEO Lesson #2.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 29, 2025

Tulikas focus on fostering a culture of innovation not only inspires her team but also ensures customer success, consistently delivering exceptional value and creating substantial improvements for clients. Beyond growth, were dedicated to fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration within our team.

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StartupNation

JUNE 6, 2025

Here’s how you can build one with these leadership lessons from my 20 years as a CEO: Hire the right people —recruit for values, not just skills: Never fall for resumes with unbelievable skill sets, but no culture fit. Better plunge into mCommerce and accelerate your mobile pages as soon as possible. CEO Lesson #2.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 29, 2025

Here's how successful AI Transformation Leaders structure their approach, focusing on four pillars: Culture, Use Cases, Tech Stack, and Governance. Culture Culture centers around your people. Hackathons, workshops, or contests can accelerate idea generation. Offer incentives that resonate.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 3, 2025

Foster an Open Mindset: Encourage a culture of experimentation and learning. Start Small: Begin with a single, manageable AI project to build confidence. Provide Training: Utilize tutorials and resources provided by the AI platform. Highlight Benefits: Show how AI can alleviate workload and enhance job satisfaction.

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StartupNation

MAY 23, 2025

In 2016, our ETC team weighed all the options and decided to go mobile with AMP (accelerated mobile pages) to see a rapid jump in sales (and we saw it!). Iqra Ahmad founded her eCommerce business as a “dream to revive the forgotten threads of Kashmiri tradition and culture.” In 2024, it generated $6.7 Lessons Learned: Lesson #1.

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The best companies and cultures seem to have figured out this balance over time despite scale – but it is hard. We aim to acquire outstanding businesses run by owner-operator entrepreneurs and integrate them into our centralized technology, business process, and GTM stack to re-accelerate growth and margins.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 23, 2025

The idea of helping companies tap into top-tier talent from Latin America who are highly skilled, culturally aligned professionals who can integrate seamlessly with the U.S.-based The pace of innovation is accelerating and businesses need to move fast. It immediately clicked for me. based teams is incredibly powerful.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 1, 2025

We are living in an era of accelerated technological transformation. The biggest challenge was breaking away from traditional legal culture. What is it that excites you about what you’re building? What excites me most is preparing founders not only for their initial challenges but for the entire journey — from MVP to global expansion.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 16, 2025

A Culture of Inclusion, Mentorship, and STEM Advocacy Carol Craig’s leadership extends beyond boardrooms and global summits—she is also deeply committed to building a company culture that supports diversity, mentorship, and STEM advancement.

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StartupNation

JULY 12, 2025

AI accelerates screening and identifies top candidates from a diverse range of sources. Be sure to: Define your company culture, budget, and skill requirements. Integrate Cultural Values into Freelance Engagement Culture matters — even for freelancers. You can automate the acquisition process with an AI-powered platform.

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Paul G. Silva

APRIL 29, 2025

While technical abilities matter, the character and cultural fit of your team matters far more. We touched on this in our culture post when discussing how values guide decision-making. This clarity enabled us to focus our actions on what mattered mostcreating a mentor network that could genuinely accelerate startups. From Stage.3

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Jason Malki

JULY 8, 2025

Robby Prochnow I had the pleasure of interviewing Robby Prochnow , Founder and CEO of Zen Aegis , a strategic advisory firm that embeds executive leadership and fractional teams into high-growth or stalled companies seeking to accelerate revenue and operational maturity. Thank you so much for joining us!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 20, 2020

Smuts is currently enrolled in EO’s Accelerator program and the founder of Credo Growth. CULTURE AND VISION. People become more responsible if they buy into your culture and vision. Follow these steps to improve culture: Encourage feedback. Assign culture ambassadors. Own the culture and environment.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 19, 2025

He’s done it all - YC Founder (w07, w12), Group Partner, and Managing Director/CEO of the YC accelerator. He’s been instrumental in shaping our program, our culture, and our values. If you’ve been around YC, you know Michael Seibel has been a huge part of it for over a decade.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 1, 2025

Implement Organizational and Technical Measures Privacy by design initiates the creation of a culture supporting privacy. Applying PbD can accelerate deals and strengthen user and investor confidence. Strong privacy measures are a competitive differentiator for a product in the crowded HealthTech arena.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 30, 2025

The company’s membership-based model combined with its proprietary tech platform gained the support of investors to accelerate expansion in key target markets. The fresh capital will accelerate clinic openings, strengthen technology infrastructure, and enhance member services in the core Northeast and Mid‑Atlantic markets.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 17, 2025

How The Farmer’s Dog built a culture of internal automation At The Farmer’s Dog , IT Systems Admin Gentian Hyseni was managing a growing number of internal processes, all of which required forms and manual follow-up. ." Each of these companies used Interfaces to eliminate friction, accelerate work, and scale with confidence.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 27, 2025

It could be about a founder who saw a gap in the market, a product that solves a unique problem, or a company culture that sets it apart. By embracing the power of PR, SMEs can accelerate their growth, enhance their reputation, and future-proof their businesses for years to come. Think about: What inspired you to start the business?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2022

We asked Dr. Tsipursky how leaders can address proximity bias in the new normal of hybrid work culture. Here’s what he shared: Of the many changes accelerated by the pandemic, remote and hybrid work schedules are one that has created ongoing waves of adaptation across businesses worldwide. Our future is hybrid.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2024

For first-stage entrepreneurs who have achieved initial success and want to grow further, the EO Accelerator (EOA) learning program serves as a catalyst for entrepreneurs aiming to surpass US$1 million in revenue. One reason behind the value EO Accelerator creates is that EO treats Accelerators as equals on par with regular EO members.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Leaders want more efficient workplaces, and founders are in the unique position to set the cultural tone of their organization. Here are eight psychological concepts and strategies that will address both the intended and unintended messages that establish culture. But it’s often not that easy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 11, 2022

Emma Allen is active in the Charlotte, NC chapter of EO Accelerator , which empowers first-stage entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to catapult their business to the next level. Even though Allen was finding success with her business approach, she knew she could do more if she joined EO Accelerator. “I

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Without the right people in the right seats who live by your core values and culture, you won’t be able to deliver to your ideal client. I’ll say it again for emphasis: Ideal employees must live by the company’s core values and culture. And worse, you may only attract less-than-ideal clients. So, how do you fish for ideal employees?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Plaid, the fintech giant, has announced the inaugural cohort of startups in its new accelerator program, FinRise. The accelerator, announced two months ago , is explicitly focused on backing underrepresented founders in tech. Accelerators embrace change forced by pandemic.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 24, 2023

Register The Pangyo Techno Valley, Korea’s representative game valley, is growing into a content & culture complex, hoping to become a ‘pump-priming’ for the Korean gaming industry. including IT (Information Tech), BT (Bio-Tech), CT (Culture Tech), and NT (Nano Tech). Startups aren’t left out.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Through a scholarship from ScaleUpCLT , Saichelle had the opportunity to join EO Charlotte’s Accelerator (EOA) program. ScaleUpCLT is an initiative of the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance® Foundation that accelerates the growth of minority-owned businesses, in partnership with EO Charlotte and the City of Charlotte.

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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? We grew and evolved. . What’s next for your company?

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Paul G. Silva

MAY 18, 2021

Caya and his team at Slidebean kindly interviewed me about often-invisible deal-killer for startup raising money: the investment-culture differences between varying groups of investors. Learn more about this and about how to suss out the cultural norms of your investment community.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2023

Contributed by Chris Kirksey, an EO member in Austin who is the founder and CEO of Direction , an SEO software and services company that helps entrepreneurs set their online strategy in the right direction to accelerate sales, grow the business, and dominate your market. A few of the most impactful benefits I’ve realized are: 1.

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Source Link

MARCH 29, 2021

This organization would hire culturally knowledgeable staff, coordinate ongoing collaboration in their networks, proactively target and recruit hard-to-reach entrepreneurs, and set collective impact metrics and outcomes.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 2, 2023

Establishing a network: Language barriers, cultural differences, and a disorganized startup ecosystem can make networking in Vietnam seem impossible. Members gain access to experts, executive education, leadership development, and a network of successful entrepreneurs — all of which can accelerate your growth.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This trifecta serves as a catalyst for accelerated growth and long-term viability. AgTech Accelerators : The Yield Lab, Biogenerator Labs, and other accelerators are helping startups scale and commercialize their technologies. Notable companies like Benson Hill have come out of these programs.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. Next, entire accelerator programs were created on behalf of corporate partners, promising them access to cohorts of world-class founders eager to listen to their needs and use their APIs.

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