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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear

Long-time readers of this (11-year old!!) The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. And a special thank you to Heather Brunner, our CEO for the past four and a half years.

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11 memorization techniques to boost your memory

The Zapier Blog

No matter what you're trying to memorize—a video script, the periodic table of elements, your grocery list—here are 11 memorization techniques you can use to strengthen your memory for any period of time. In a 2014 study , researchers Pam A. They can also help improve your working and short-term memory. taking pen to paper).

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EO Member Spotlight: Moisés Cohen (EO Panama)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2008, he opened Capital Bank with several partners, starting with US$11 million in capital and 25 employees. By 2014, Vale Panama controlled the market, leading Moisés to sell his company to global leader, Sodexo. The post EO Member Spotlight: Moisés Cohen (EO Panama) appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Health and Hope: Using Entrepreneurship to Tackle Air Pollution

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I signed up for the half-marathon at the EO Global Leadership Conference in Athens, Greece, in 2014, and I started training on the streets of Delhi. Fast forward 11 months: I’m on a camping trip in Delhi, and I see a mom wearing a pollution mask. How did you take advantage of a health scare and turn it into a successful business?

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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

Both Sides of the Table

Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon.

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The Story of Jeroo Billimoria, a Social Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This work is embodied in Child & Youth Finance International , another extraordinary global coalition, which reached 36 million children and young people in 2014. Around age 11 she organized all the domestic workers in her apartment block to get bank accounts. Ashoka is a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization.

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2016 EO GSEA Global Finals Recap

Entrepreneurs' Organization

For 11 months (May 2015 – April 2016) a hyper-focused global effort to both increase chapter participation in GSEA AND bring GSEA to new geographies around the world commenced. The post 2016 EO GSEA Global Finals Recap appeared first on THE BLOG. What ensued were the makings of another milestone year for EO GSEA Finals.