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7 Hints for Entrepreneurial Success from Hint Water Founder Kara Goldin

Entrepreneurs' Organization

As we finish the week of International Women’s Day, what better story to share than one of a woman who created a whole new beverage category while pregnant with her fourth child, with three kids under the age of 6 and a US$50,000 budget!? But the people in the beverage industry weren’t as excited to teach what they knew.

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How to Give Back Through Your Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

We had different categories and one was philanthropy. I want to teach other leaders and founders how to not only reach your business goals but also transform the lives of the people who you trust the most to reach those goals. “When I joined EO almost 10 years ago, my Forum did an activity around bucket lists. ” 2. .

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VC Corner: Ann Miura-Ko, Floodgate

Startup Grind

Floodgate exists to invest in prime movers - entrepreneurs who build movements that become category defining companies - before the rest of the world believes in them. Favorite business book, blog, podcast? It’s different, because rather than focusing on building a product or a business, they’re thinking about building a category.

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Some Thoughts about Selling at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

It takes on many of the lessons MBA programs and Corporate America have been teaching about business for the past 50+ years and questions whether lessons from Apple might be more applicable in thinking about the future. The idea that the course asks students to write public blog posts is a testament to its more modern teaching style.

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Entrepreneurial Closers Don’t Let Perfection Stand in the Way of Completion

StartupNation

I spend a lot of time with clients teaching them how to take great ideas but strategically determine WHEN they should implement. You don’t utilize social channels because every post or blog is in the 400 th edit. I remind clients in this category that DONE is better than PERFECT. Three-year plan? Five-year plan? Ten-year plan?

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How to create a style guide—with 14 style guide examples to inspire you

The Zapier Blog

The images that work on your blog might not work for social media because of formatting restrictions, for instance. Your design style guide would largely cover how your logo and typography appear, but you also need specific guidelines for images you share on social media or your blog.

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How Constant Contextual Calibration Can Help Preserve Your Mental Health

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Keep it SIMPLE I think of the flaps of a plane as six different life categories. Contributed to EO by Ethan King , a former president of the EO Atlanta chapter who recently gave a TEDx Talk, What Do Airplane Wings Teach Us About Life Balance? that is the basis for this blog post. and more articles from the EO blog.

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