Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2020

Step 1: Imagine that the decision, project or process failed, and brainstorm reasons for why your plan failed. He’s an EO speaker , a recent EO 360° podcast guest and author of Never Go With Your Gut (2019) , The Blindspots Between Us (2020) and The Truth Seeker’s Handbook (2017). Make sure to provide all the details.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2018

For instance, at our 2017 Ameren Accelerator —a program in partnership with UMSL Accelerate that connects entrepreneurs with investors and opportunities in the energy-tech sector—one of our startups, Rebate Bus, was wrestling to find a unified voice. Here are a few tips to getting the most out of your peer mentorship: 1.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

Since its 2017 inception, the startup has raised nearly $70 million. Users can invest as little as US$1 and with zero commissions,” Amozurrutia said. “We million users, up from 1 million users at the time of its February raise. We want Flink to be the easiest way to invest, save and use your money.” .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2019

In 2017, my wife and I had recently become empty-nesters, and I was itching to get into something new. The post Three Often Overlooked Benefits of Joining a Peer Group of Entrepreneurs appeared first on THE BLOG. However, Brannon is based in Charleston, South Carolina, an area where there was no EO chapter—at least, not at that time.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

In fact, as the keynote speaker at the University of Oklahoma graduation in 2017, Piyush paid off one of the graduate’s student debts. The post How to Give Back Through Your Business appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 14, 2022

In 2017, Roberts was the speaker for his son’s class from Cardigan Mountain School in New Hampshire. and more articles from the EO blog. . His speech was titled “I Wish You Bad Luck” and featured the following gem: . Now, the commencement speakers will typically also wish you good luck and extend good wishes to you.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2019

As an EO Vancouver member, he was the 2017 Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global Citizen of the Year Award. . Here are a few tips from the front lines to help Canadian entrepreneurs expand beyond our borders: 1. As an entrepreneur and angel investor, I’ve built a network that spans dozens of countries.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2017

Surrounded by other open-minded, respectful and eager-to-learn entrepreneurs in Accelerator, Hana faced her finances and worked tirelessly on her Accountabilities Tracking tool—the program’s method for guiding and holding accountable participants as they work toward US$1 million in annual revenue.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 27, 2017

Here’s a look at how they accomplished all of this: Month 1: August—Tom announced his plan to launch an SLP Forum in an email to members and at a social event. EO Western New York received its PEAK check for having an SLP Forum and plans to add more SLP Forums in 2017. appeared first on THE BLOG. Looking Forward.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

1-on-1 meeting planning. A 2017 survey found that, of nine options, employees’ top three preferences for learning are: “instructor-led training (ILT), short-clip videos, and mentoring,” according to a press release from the survey authors. Read more on employee engagement from other top Octane blog posts. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2018

Adrian started on 9 December, 2017, and is more than halfway to his goal. He started his own YouTube channel, Fit with Adrian, and is trying to get 1,000 subscribers by 1 June. 1 value in EO. 1 value in EO. Read more on raising entrepreneurial kids from the Octane blog. but he was determined to go for six months.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

I know that our repeat purchase rate is lower than the industry average now, but …” “I know that our margins are lower than VCs like to see, but …” “I know our revenue decelerated in the last 2 quarters of 2017, but …” Remember that fund raising is a sales process. Below is the outline Upfront. What to do about that chip on your shoulder ?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Because of this gap, just 1 in 5 computer science graduates are women, an issue Saujani hopes to solve. What began as Kendra Scott’s project in a spare bedroom has become Kendra Scott’s billion dollar jewelry empire— placing her ahead of celebrities like Taylor Swift and Beyonce on the Forbes’ 2017 list of the richest self-made women.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2019

As an EO Vancouver member, he was the 2017 Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global Citizen of the Year Award. Know your exit options…from day 1 . The company is worth north of US$70 billion today, despite losing US$1 billion last quarter alone, precisely because of user and booking growth. Know when to go.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 30, 2017

Aside from that, there are three major lessons I would share with my younger self if I could, and other entrepreneurs should take them to heart: 1. She has overseen multiple high-profile acquisitions and received numerous awards, including AdAge’s 2017 Top 25 Marketing Tech Trailblazers and E&Y’s 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2019

Mayke Nagtegaal is the COO of MessageBird, an Amsterdam-based cloud communications platform which, in 2017, raised the largest-ever investment—$60 million—by a European software company. The post Not Taking Risks Is the Riskiest Career Move of All appeared first on THE BLOG. Among women in C-suite positions, it rose to 96 percent.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Given the success of her investments she was on the 2017 Midas List of top 100 venture capitalists. Favorite business book, blog, podcast? Prior to co-founding Floodgate , she worked at Charles River Ventures and McKinsey and Company. What are the top 3 qualities of every great leader? They have strong beliefs, loosely held.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2017

In 2017, he launched Entrepreneur Parents , a website where entrepreneurial parents share tips and tricks for balancing these two demanding roles. The post Facing Your Fears: Parenthood and Entrepreneurship appeared first on THE BLOG. some of my initial worries have faded, some remain and still others have surfaced.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about Clubhouse, the latest in tech layoffs and why $1 billion in capital can’t save AV tech. Forward it to a friend, share it on Twitter, and follow my personal blog for more content. The autonomous vehicle startup raised $1 billion after launching in 2017.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Crypto is used for less than 1% of total money laundered every year. CBDCs Central Bank Digital Currencies or CBDCs deserve a much more detailed explanation (for another blog post), but the gist is this: Stablecoins are the most obviously useful crypto product. Wen regulation? What kind of regulation can we expect?

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OkDork

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Conor McGregor Revenue Stream #1: Fights & Endorsements. He started it in 2018, and it made about $1 billion in sales in the first year. He’s also an investor in several startups: $1 million in Klyncar, a health food delivery company. $1 1 million in a cryptocurrency investment company, Zero George. $4

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 26, 2016

1 st Runner Up: Peeyush Shrivastava , Founder of Genetesis (USA). The winner, Gladys Martinez is the founder of Vaiza and student expected to graduate from Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado in 2017. The post 2016 EO GSEA Global Finals Recap appeared first on THE BLOG. But only one could be EO GSEA Entrepreneur of the Year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Meanwhile, Silicon Hills News (operated by the very talented Laura Lorek) reported that Austin-based insurtech Decent is “shutting down all of its operations to just a core team,” which was confirmed in a blog post published by Nick Soman, the company’s founder and CEO. I started writing for TechCrunch on February 1, 2021.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2017

We hit a high of 43 participants in 2014-15, up from 15 Accelerators when we started and had eight graduates who exceeded the US$1 million mark. For the 2017-18 year, we are taking it to the next level to create a foundation to support 50-plus Accelerator participants. Learn more about EO Accelerator. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Over the years, the company managed to raise $12 million, including a $10 million Series A led by GV (Google Ventures) back in 2017. So it was not a huge shock when on June 1, 2021, Kattera was reported to be officially shutting down (The Information broke the news) after burning through more than $2 billion in funding.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Daniel Kahneman , who won the Nobel Prize for his research on behavioral economics, calls them Systems 1 and 2 , but I think autopilot system and intentional system describe these systems more clearly. Roughly speaking, we have two thinking systems.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 21, 2021

Domestic shippers like Unilever spend nearly $800 billion annually transporting raw materials and consumer goods by truck 1. Convoy’s platform solves for all four of these issues: (1) An Online Platform That Aggregates a Highly Fragmented Market. Assuming 1–2 hours of human time and $40.15 American Trucking Association.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 1, 2020

At a speech on 8 March 2017, someone in the audience on International Women’s Day at Bank Leumi, asked me if she could buy two copies of my book. The post The Problem With “Yes” appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 8, 2022

My story of ceding control of the business that I had no intention of ever leaving In 2017, I sold my startup to the largest company in the college sports recruiting industry. Zcruit had developed into a successful product working with over 90 Division 1 football programs. despite it being a cold November day in Chicago. Unsatisfied.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

The entrepreneur, who previously ran Founder Gym, an online training center for underrepresented founders, said in a blog post that the decision was made after she realized “being in the field working directly with entrepreneurs everyday” is her passion. Her resignation is effective starting February 1, 2023.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

Click all the buttons 4 strategies to keep building skills for your career When to give up on a goal—and how to do it This article was originally published in 2017 by Farheen Gani. Even the "greats" struggled their way to the top. Related reading: The best way to learn technology? The most recent update was in April 2023.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 3, 2019

In fact, as many as 85% of employers declared that they have caught applicants lying on their resumes or job applications according to a 2017 employment screening benchmark report by HireRight. Top Lie #1: Exaggerated past experience. The post How to Spot a Fraud During Hiring appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2017

He shared tips gleaned from 20 years of partnering with long-term clients in our March 2017 Octane issue. The post Building a True Client Partnership appeared first on THE BLOG. In 2016, Paul launched Enspiri Solutions, LLC , the first-to-market SaaS solution for workers’ compensation nurse triage management.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

Ok, now that those two things have been addressed, here's what I believe is true--and, more importantly, simultaneously true: 1) Diverse founders face conscious and unconscious discrimination. I recently backed a female founder who raised some notes that had a conversion cap (a de facto price) of $1 million. Thanks for listening.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

but instead ask yourself the following questions: 1. This article was originally published on 23 May 2017 on Miranda’s LinkedIn blog. The post 3 Questions to Ask Yourself When Life Gets Tough appeared first on THE BLOG. What is the reason this has happened? Is it something you could have prevented?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 17, 2018

Step 1: Choose your content wisely. . According to a 2017 study, photos with faces received nearly 38% more likes than those without faces. The post The Five-Step Formula to Increased Instagram Engagement appeared first on THE BLOG. Here are five tips to help you focus your marketing efforts on Instagram.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Perspectives and pointers from the FY 2016/2017 PEAK Global Winner , EO Utah. Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Utah chapter decided to pursue a FY2016/2017 PEAK win due to, at least in part, tradition. However, they went “after it with a twist,” explains EO Utah President FY2016/2017 Matt Glover. “We A SHARED VISION.

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