Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

” Sean later went on to found the community GrowthHackers.com amongst other businesses. I tell people that they need to blog about their industry to drive customers and not blog to their egos to drive their peer group to their blogs. Why do I Like the term Growth Hacking?

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

Theoretically, someone could meet you, sign your document, and write you a check for deposit that day, but that''s not how it usually works. You might be surprised that I don''t get more inbound deals given all the work that I put into my blog, Twitter, and newsletter. That''s an interesting question.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Documentation. Now that our systems and processes are refined and firmly in place, we’re documenting them in a written playbook. The MKE program has given me a renewed sense of purpose with what we can create in our community and in the world. That way, it’s captured for posterity rather than remaining in someone’s head.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

Recently, I worked with a community that was struggling to explain what they thought success looked like in ten years to their funding organizations. And the ecosystem building metrics stem from the outcomes derived from the community. They learn how to develop community goals and strategies to achieve those.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 28, 2019

Now one of the younger members of EO Melbourne, Costa says, “I look up to so many people in the EO community who are doing incredibly well. I have seen how remarkable these people in the EO community are, based on what they’re doing with their lives and their businesses.” ” 2 key qualities of an entrepreneur.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Contributed to EO by Jim Hefty, the Chief Community Officer at Sales Xceleration , who has over 30 years of experience as a Vice President of Sales for both F500 and start-up companies. . and more articles from the EO blog. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 28, 2016

How the business provides for the lives of the family members and employees it supports, and how it contributes to the surrounding community, should always remain top of mind. Document lines of authority, roles, responsibilities and job descriptions with measurable accountabilities. Eliminate emotion from decision-making. ?

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

We are a community for family offices, private equity funds, and VCs focused on using technology and analytics to make better investments in private companies. If you invest, the fund will be evangelizing you to their portfolio and community for the next 5-10 years. Check out the online communities where investors congregate.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2020

I grew up in Montreal in a mostly francophone community with very few people of color in my school. You won’t find it documented in the employee handbook or on the company website, but it’s there. The post How I Overcame My Prejudice appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. According to her, other people working for The Family have asked several times to see documents that proved that investments went through.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Engineers prefer to spend time in Github evaluating a product’s technical prowess, in the documentation to learn how to wield the technology, and in the forums understanding the nature of the community. Technical acumen, applied content marketing, and superlative documentation build that trust. Side-door is documentation.

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Paul G. Silva

MAY 10, 2021

This is a repost from the Launch413 blog. We already knew entrepreneurs were one of the best ways to create prosperity in our communities and we knew how to help them. We have other core business documents and they have their place, but they’re not super useful day to day.”. Effective Tools Used By Launch413: A Case Study.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 14, 2018

Be involved in your community. Document and review numbers. The original version of this article was written by Claire Algarme and appeared on EO Melbourne’s blog. . The post 9 Ways Business Is Like Fishing appeared first on THE BLOG. Choose the right bait and send it where it will be most effective.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

He is president and co-founder of imageOne , a document lifecycle management provider and a 2017 Forbes Small Giant. . He’s passionate about delivering extraordinary experiences that positively impact the lives of his team members, the goals of their customers and the fabric of the community. appeared first on THE BLOG.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

This is something I had to learn the hard way: What you hear in the media or read on a company blog post often simplifies the process, and sometimes fails to cover the trajectory that minority founders, in particular, must follow to secure funding. Therefore, I spoke to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the U.S.,

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). He’s totally tapped into the startup communities in Silicon Valley and a bit in LA. Much of this is unfounded – some is not.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Today, we don’t need cards; we can use digital documents that link to each other. I’ve chosen Obsidian because I prefer having a local copy of all my notes and in markdown since this blog is also in Markdown, but all are great. Proofread and publish. Each one is linked to others by context (people, places, times, ideas).

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

On-site SEO: Everyone has a website and a blog, yet not nearly enough Web3 marketers devote mind-share into making their websites and apps search friendly. Community is king: Build a community with a specific purpose In Web2, the primary go-to-market stakeholder is the customer, typically acquired via sales and marketing efforts.

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Gust

MAY 22, 2012

We’ve used the gust.com platform to manage our documents, submissions, due diligence, and so forth since our first year, 2009, even before it was renamed and reconfigured. That’s worked out very well for us, which is part of the reason I blog on this site regularly. . I say yes definitely.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

However, as I suspect most people reading this blog will likely be considering building an iPhone app or website, then you might not need to be that technical to do the first version. Get involved with startup communities Most big cities have numerous startup communities. This really depends on what you are building.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

While it may be easy to convince loved ones to help, thorough documentation is highly recommended. Writing blog posts, networking and participating in community business activities can result in investors going after entrepreneurs instead. Related: Why Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors Look at Teams, Not Ideas.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Erik Torenberg is no longer the co-CEO of On Deck, a tech company that is trying to productize the community in a way that helps founders secure capital and advice. Other changes at the well-known startup include the sunsetting of several communities and spinning off its career advanced arm into a new separate business entity.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2017

Ideally, you will have roles for membership, accountability groups, marketing, sponsorship, learning, social and communication. Commit to creating a program playbook from the beginning to document each role and process so that it can easily be handed off to a new person in the role. Sharing Google Docs is highly recommended.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 17, 2021

Whether you’re selling a blog, eCommerce store, or app, it is important to understand how much your business is worth. For example, a content blog is up for sale for $3,000 with a multiple of 2x. Are visitors able to easily find the information they’re looking for on your blog? Prepare Your Business’s Documentation.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Document Everything This can’t be stressed enough. A well-maintained knowledge base, where processes and workflows are documented, can be a lifesaver. Be it through insightful blogs, engaging webinars, or snappy infographics, there’s always a way to keep the conversation going. Their feedback is gold.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The negative influence of bullying on a child’s emotional well-being is well-documented making it vital to identify a mechanism for prevention. The platform ultimately creates a climate change in the school that encourages a sense of community where there are no bullies or victims.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

This time, On Deck went deeper: It has sunsetted several communities and is spinning off its career advancement arm into a separate startup. The startup’s second layoff comes with a more specific strategic plan for what’s next, while its first layoff was largely attributed to changes in the capital and accelerator markets.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments. But I had been reading Munjal Shah’s blog about his experiences at Riya (later renamed Like.com) and this openess had an appeal to me. This was 2006 and we were now working on our second company.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

In all the podcasts I listened to and blogs I read, there was a consistent refrain: "You need to set aside time to think big." Get the Zapier blog in your inbox Subscribe So, I crowdsourced the answers. I'll be documenting my journey on LinkedIn, and I hope you'll share your progress, too.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . See their blog post on multiples.). The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm

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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

In my last blog, I talked about the definition and evaluation of two key elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem – entrepreneurs and entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs). As a result, the whole is greater than the sum of its separate parts.”. – Kauffman Foundation’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building Playbook Draft 3.0

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OkDork

JANUARY 27, 2023

Basically, to be a content remixer, you turn long-form content like YouTube videos and podcasts into blog posts, tweet threads, LinkedIn posts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok videos. You can make more money, meet new people, and build a community in your area.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Maybe it’s time to leverage the power of community. We have a lot of people in our community who, they want 20 people and pay them $50 a month, extra $1,000 a month to pay part of the mortgage, pay a car payment, whatever. And he realized people were coming to his website and they were reading his blog posts.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I typically publish essays in a major media venue, and then cross-post it on my blog. The mailings are just roundups of recent blog posts, so don’t require extra work. Linkedin.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . Datasite acquired Brochure to help centralize all the document tracking involved in diligence.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 9, 2016

You’ve likely used some proven process or model to create your 2016 goals, you’ve organized them in a formatted document or on an online platform, and now another leader is suggesting that you trash them. The post Why Ditching Your Goals May Be the Smartest Thing You Do in 2016 appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 23, 2021

By: Kevin Learned, Partner of Loon Creek Capital The pros and cons of convertible notes have been thoroughly documented. This blog post is an attempt to document the adverse tax effects that have surprised some investors. A convertible note documents a loan to a company by the investors. January 31).

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