Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 27, 2023

So when Jim floated the idea of a book targeting entrepreneurs to help more of them succeed, we gave it serious thought. But, just as important, we had access to a unique network: Harvard Business School alumni. The book is full of insights and advice for every stage of your entrepreneurial journey. We raised way too early.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 9, 2011

I am excited to announce nextNY Fellows--a program that will support four new community leaders in 2011 build on what we already have and make it better, all while building their own skills and network. This can include classes, training, books, conferences, Meetups., The details of this program are below. Run two nextNY events (e.g.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

It’s hard enough to raise capital from VC, private equity fund, and family offices. I list the online communities for VCs in general at Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital. Mike Ryan, Founder, Bullet Point Network , emphasizes, “PE and VC firms have a lot of resources, limited time, and need specific solutions.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. I started blogging because Brad Feld blogged. It turned into this blog. At Andersen Consulting I had built computer networks and programmed in COBOL. He asked for nothing.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 11, 2010

RSVP: [link] 6:30PM: DigitalFlashNYC Networking Event on E-Readers Kindle, Nook, Sony E-Reader, the Apple tablet (maybe?). Electronic “books” are rapidly changing the way we read information. Just as the internet changed the way we could market, will e-books do the same? Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

I had written a blog post on exactly this – how to not suck at group presentations – and what he said reminded me a lot of this post. Raising Capital – The VC equivalent for musicians is getting signed by a major label. Tags: Startup Advice This Week in Venture Capital.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As an example, only 3 percent of venture capital funding went to all-female-founded startups in 2022. Franc.World aims to change this narrative by opening the doors to conversations about self-discovery and future career paths at a younger age through their multimedia offering that includes books, documentaries and podcasts.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

By keeping your investors engaged and informed, you build crucial trust and support for when you eventually need to raise capital again. Successful investor relations depend on cultivating a network that supports you during good times and bad. Beyond capital, you want backers who grasp your vision and can provide strategic guidance.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2021

In MyEO groups, you can: • Gather a group for a poker night • Sail with EO members in the Caribbean Sea • Learn how to write and publish a book • Enjoy a whiskey-tasting tour • Learn and share industry-specific knowledge. With 568 MyEO interest and industry groups in the EO network database, there is truly something for everyone.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. I always wanted to work with Brad for this reason so I started blogging because I figured if transparency worked for Brad I would try the same approach. Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. Even Sequoia.

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StartupNation

MAY 23, 2025

Pick a business that doesn’t suck up cash Skip expensive solutions that look like a financial Everest and require investment with a capital “I” (and five or more zeros). By this time, she has also released a podcast and a book. A contract does. Go mobile-first and user-friendly with your website. Lessons Learned : Lesson #1.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Justyn Howard, founder of Sprout Social has a blog post that he’s written about his experiences of migrating from scrappy tools to more efficient ones (i.e. Hire a part-time accounting clerk to do the data entry and prepare the monthly books. Even better if he/she can double as a VP Operations & HR.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . Like Salesforce, HubSpot also has a significant (albeit smaller) network of integration partners. Linkedin : Versatile Venture Capital / David Teten personal. Hootsuite).

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. Thank you, John. How Hashable Got Buzz.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

With that background, here are 30 tips to help you make the most of Gust: Subscribe to the Gust Blog , and go back and read the past posts. A download link is sent to you automatically by Gust once you create your profile, and the book is exactly what it says. Gust takes advantage of the cloud, and you should, too.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2019

And if you’re planning to scale with venture capital, you’d better be ready to set aside the next three to seven years of your life to be head-down in the business. 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. Hoping to get acquired?

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Book a free call with one of our experts Book a Call 170+ Rounds funded €30k-800k Avg.Round size ~25,7% Avg. VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. Return p.a.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Book a free call with one of our experts Book a Call 170+ Rounds funded €30k-800k Avg.Round size ~25,7% Avg. VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. Return p.a.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Book a free call with one of our experts Book a Call 170+ Rounds funded €30k-800k Avg.Round size ~25,7% Avg. VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. Return p.a.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 13, 2019

By Manny Padda, the founder of New Avenue Capital and an EO Vancouver member. After selling Tio Networks, his online bill payment company, to PayPal for $304 million , he started a health technology company called WELL—and multiple employees, investors and contractors followed him there. Take Canadian entrepreneur Hamed Shahbazi.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Book a free call with one of our experts Book a Call 170+ Rounds funded €30k-800k Avg.Round size ~25,7% Avg. VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. Return p.a.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Book a free call with one of our experts Book a Call 170+ Rounds funded €30k-800k Avg.Round size ~25,7% Avg. VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. Return p.a.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Book a free call with one of our experts Book a Call 170+ Rounds funded €30k-800k Avg.Round size ~25,7% Avg. VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. Return p.a.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 29, 2020

This article originally published on the Center for American Entrepreneurship Ideas Blog My new book with CAE Advisory Board member Brad Feld published yesterday. Recognize there is more than one type of capital. A common complaint in startup communities and entrepreneurial ecosystems is that there isn’t enough capital.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 15, 2019

The most gratifying thing writing this blog is the feedback from readers who say the content is useful. A Clever Hack to Reading More Books : There's so much knowledge in books, and as a society we're spending less and less time with books. One way of reading more books is to reduce the cost of them.

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EntreWorks Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Our latest edition of EntreWorks Insights examined the power of place, i.e., how community gathering places can help build social capital and promote economic development. It’s also creating a statewide network so that space managers and developers can learn from one another and share ideas. EntreWorks Blog.

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David Teten VC

MAY 16, 2017

Historically, the process of winning capital from limited partners has been opaque. I particularly like OpenLP.com , Origins , and the Raise blog , all of which include content from multiple LPs. . my presentation on raising capital for tech companies . Plexo Capital: The Economic Impact of Coronavirus: What GPs Need to Know.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 6, 2021

Ham and Christopher met in the busy Boston angel investing community where they both started and operated angel networks. As friends, they quickly sensed the potential for partnership, and in 2010 joined forces and merged their groups to build what is now a nationally-recognized angel network, Launchpad Venture Group.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2016

Ashoka, the largest network of social entrepreneurs worldwide, is a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. We lived in Sacramento, California’s state capital, and later in Washington, DC, and I was involved in political campaigns at an early age. So I read the book and it made sense to me.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

This heated competition among alternative social apps could explain why Poparazzi is taking to its blog today to share its metrics and confirm its financing after a year of silence. (Or Among those was the audio social network TTYL , a sort of “ Clubhouse for friends.” (Sensor Tower also sees 4.6 Image Credits: Poparazzi.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

David Goldstone, manager of investment research at Condor Capital, told Barron’s that he was surprised the deal was nixed, saying: “From Wealthfront’s perspective and with respect to what has happened to valuations to growth stocks, it’s not a valuation I would walk away from.”.

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Continuations

OCTOBER 18, 2019

This made sense in the age of the printed newspaper and the telephone network of yesteryear. The second trap is misunderstanding network effects. But each of these three separate networks would still be ridiculously powerful in its own right and so would be Twitter and whatever new networks are yet to come.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 20, 2020

There is a great fit between this process and our activity in the automotive space where you need to have a lot of capital in order to work on programs like the one we have with BMW,” Innoviz Co-founder and CEO Omer Keilaf told CNBC’s Closing Bell. Your portfolio gets stronger when the OurCrowd network gets involved. Top Tech News.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

From Box to Glossier, and Comms to Venture Capital, Ashley Mayer Is Carving a Pretty Unique Path. Better Place was building the charging infrastructure to enable mass adoption of electric vehicles; it was led by a charismatic CEO, raised gobs of capital before that was the norm, and later imploded spectacularly.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

David Goldhill, in his enlightening book Catastrophic Care , declared: “…a guiding principle of any reform should be to put the consumer, not the insurer or the government, at the center of the system. How far in advance do you have to book an appointment ( the average is 24 days )? Can you cancel or reschedule online?

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