Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2020

Remember when owning a small business was risky but rewarding? In the midst of a global pandemic, being responsible for your own business—as well as the livelihoods of your employees—very likely seems overwhelming if not completely debilitating. Will you survive? How long can you support your team? And then COVID-19 hit.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

On the positive side, funding happens so rarely, that you’re inevitably going to be asked how you did it—and it’s just human nature to think that it’s something you did, versus the inherent awesomeness of the idea, the team’s relevance to the challenge, etc. It just doesn’t play the kind of role you may think it does.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Starting a business is an exciting adventure. You might be surprised by the obstacles you could face as friends in business together, though. Here are just seven reasons to think again before you launch a business with your buddy. Friendship Doesn’t Equal Business Compatibility.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

This article provides a list of tools to achieve continuous operational improvement as a business grows , examples of streamlined business processes, and how to use process mapping to analyze and plan workflows. Running a small business is a rewarding endeavor, but it often involves juggling multiple tasks at once.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

Two prominent entrepreneurs share their views on starting a business plus 10 tips every first-time founder should have. Elon Musk forewarns founders of the challenge they are taking on, stating, “Starting a company is like eating glass and staring into the abyss.”He

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

Every January, the number of people who Google “how to start a business” jumps to hundreds of searches a day. While starting a business is a common new year’s resolution, soon-to-be entrepreneurs make the leap for a variety of reasons. Everyone should feel comfortable asking for help with their business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

But here’s the catch – to reel in your ideal fish, you’ve got to know where to cast your line. In my experience, it’s critical to uncover the secrets of fishing in the perfect spots to hook the right clients and employees for your business success. Where do you find big fish? Where can you find them?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2021

“There are things you can do to make sure you’re not alone” Andrea Grisdale, founder and CEO at IC Bellagio and a member of EO Italy. One of my core aims in business is to build a fantastic team of players that I am constantly surrounded by, and that team needs a captain and a coach. Business, in and of itself, is hard.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 12, 2022

Contributed by Libby Rothschild , EO New Jersey, the founder of Dietitian Boss , an online education and coaching platform that shows registered dietitians how to start, grow and scale a virtual private practice. Hitting the million-dollar mark isn’t easy—as every founder who has done so will tell you. I felt underpaid and undervalued.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

There's a narrative around these platforms that all connection is good--a pride they seem to take in things like #Arabspring, as if revolutions never happened before social media. As the media business model got more competitive, and the "Big Three" networks felt competition, the function of news changed.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Greatness Comes from Iteration, Not Perfection There’s a dangerous myth in business that success comes from getting it right the first time. How Iteration Transformed Valley Venture Mentors Before I co-founded Valley Venture Mentors (VVM) and for all of my time there, we experimented with different ways to connect startups with mentors.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Go here if you missed it. Share your unique insight What did you discover that sets you apart from other startups? What’s the unique insight you’ve come across that’s driven the core of your business? The Dreamit team has said it before, raising money from a VC is a lot like sales.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 3, 2022

progression: growing up in Indonesia, I experienced first-hand the complex relationships between consumers, businesses, governments, and the planet. I thought: If governments are able to make transformative shifts in their commitments, why haven’t small and medium-sized businesses—entrepreneurs like myself—done the same?

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Revolution

MARCH 26, 2025

House Committee on Financial Services Hearing, Beyond Silicon Valley: Expanding Access to Capital AcrossAmerica On March 25, 2025, Revolutions Chairman and CEO, Steve Case, testified before the Committee during a session examining policy proposals to improve capital access. Watch the hearing and read his full testimony here andbelow.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

Why do you believe it is important to be financially literate? Being financially literate gives you freedom of choice. Can you expand on where you got your passion for personal finance management? I started an e-commerce boutique, Accessories & Essentials — Jamaica’s first full-service online boutique.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

Starting a business is often romanticized as a journey filled with exciting milestones and instant success stories. Yet, as most seasoned entrepreneurs will attest, the reality is far more complex and challenging, particularly when you decide to bootstrap your business. I also did not have a business partner.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 18, 2021

Developing your brand means deciding how you distinguish yourself to your audience, and it determines how many people will interact with your organization and what the world knows you stand for. In order to stand out, you must show that you are doing something no one else is.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

If nothing else, the 2020 pandemic has shown everybody—particularly business owners and entrepreneurs—the value of being prepared and ready to pivot. Remove the “fat” from all aspects of my business. Ensuring that your cash position is not skinny going into a pandemic is the greatest business relief. Juggle fewer balls.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

Having the right business advisor can be a game-changer for an entrepreneur Starting and growing a business is a challenging and often lonely endeavor. Entrepreneurs are presented with both business and personal challenges as they travel their entrepreneurial journey.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 6, 2021

He began to describe his latest business acquisition and—suddenly!— the conversation morphed into a discussion around the opportunity for me to start a business designed to service HIS new business. This new business wasn’t of a scale sufficient to support my “lavish” lifestyle (i.e., An unexpected challenge.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2020

The statistics on small business survival are daunting: Only 50 percent of new companies will survive for more than five years in the U.S. Before diving into entrepreneurship, wouldn’t it be ideal to tap into the knowledge of experienced, thriving business owners for advice on failure-proofing a new business? marketplace.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A lot of people ask me what I think of posting to Twitter these days… (I’ll start calling it X as soon as I learn to stop saying Battery Tunnel and Triborough Bridge). Whether you want to continue to post to it is up to you—but I always tell people that creating content should be an exercise in creating value for yourself first.

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

He brought relevant operating experience and a great perspective into the room, representing not the CEO, not the investors, but *the company,* which is exactly what you want from an Independent. Hunter Walk: You started at Instacart in 2013, just a year after it was founded, which obviously turned out to be an epic decision.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We first met at Harvard Business School as young students in 1989. But, just as important, we had access to a unique network: Harvard Business School alumni. We summarize these pearls of wisdom in our new book, Smart Startups: What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know — Advice from 18 Harvard Business School Founders.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 23, 2020

In early March, when the COVID crisis hit the US, Andy Steggles of EO DC was completing the final part of Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management (OPM) programme. Before leaving campus, Andy and his fellow students discussed a variety of ways they might help with the many challenges the pandemic brought.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

Agonise over whether or not you need business partners. If you can afford it, don’t have business partners. The tenth entrepreneur without the headache is usually the one without a business partner. For me, not having a business partner is one less problem. It will never fail you. Listen to your gut.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

Led by Jan Heybroek, the closed, coached conversations facilitate shared experiences around one presenter’s specific business challenge in a deep-dive presentation format. Business challenge: Scaling a SaaS business. Dan’s ultimate goal is to scale the business for a lucrative exit in about five years.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Every election cycle, you hear the same thing—Republicans are good for the economy and electing a liberal will tank it. This is of the utmost importance to measure, because, after all, what is the point of making money if you can’t enjoy it? Today, you do more online shopping than ever before—and 50% of that goes to Amazon.

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 6, 2025

Have you ever wished you could pick the brains of Seth Godin, Jim Collins, and Eric Ries (or whoever are your intellectual heroes) whenever you face a business challenge? What if you could assemble your dream team of advisors and consult them anytime, day or night, without scheduling conflicts or hefty consulting fees?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 28, 2022

So I am reposting it below: The venture capital business is highly competitive. If you don’t have a great personal connection, you won’t win the deal. Don’t even bother to try to win a deal where you don’t have good personal chemistry with the founder/CEO. Show what you can do right away.

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APRIL 13, 2022

Its one thing if your investor is the former CTO of a blue chip startup and they’re commenting on the engineer hiring process or various technical platform choices—but when that same investor starts to opine on the color scheme for the brand guidelines, that may not come in as an opinion you can trust.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Today we’re announcing that my partner Kara Nortman is becoming Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to welcome her to her new role. I promise you, he really said this out loud.) Kara said “no” because she wanted to start her own company, which she did and I backed. So why now?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 18, 2020

If it doesn’t seem possible, you haven’t watched “She’s that Woman.” Before this latest film, Eitan created another viral film, “I’m that Jew.”. We see you. We hear you. We respect you. We thank you. We revere you.”. What were some of the challenges you faced making the film?

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MAY 2, 2023

People had iPhones 15 years ago so you have to go back quite a while before a flip phone gives away a show’s original air date. That was the first time anyone I’d heard anyone talk about long-term cycles of disruption , not just individual technologies, and what new business models were going to be possible because of it.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 1, 2020

Focusing on building a strong foundation for the future can help ensure that as a young leader or entrepreneur, you are preparing yourself to adapt to the unexpected while continuing to make progress toward your goals. No matter what tactical thing you learn, you will approach it based on your mindset.” Keep walking.”

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Before starting his own company, Boon’s Computer Repairs , in 2014 in St. What drove you to start your radio show? I started my radio show, IT Talks , when I realized radio was an effective tool for marketing for my computer repair business. How has YLAI helped you in your mission? . IT is everything.

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