Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

The DX event is so powerful because of the networking quality among the MyEO DX community. Our goal is to protect and retain the EO community of trust and respect so we can enjoy our “EO instimacy” at the event. There’s a lengthy application and vetting process for EO members or Accelerators to qualify to pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. Any longtime readers of this blog will know that I often try to simplify complex ideas into a simple parable that is easier to remember to set the tone of one’s behaviors.

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JUNE 16, 2014

If all my deals came as intros from trusted connections that I know for years versus at founder pitch events that''s interesting data. If you meet someone at a pitch event, they''ve already got a company and they''re looking to close as quickly as possible. In fact, that''s what I tend to do--at least, what I say that I do.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

I can't think of a single time when a white man came to pitch me and I told him his fundraising plans weren't aggressive enough. Yet, for some reason, the goals for her pitch were incremental--despite being in an extremely hot space. And no, that doesn't mean pitch like a man. Something else is at play.

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MAY 12, 2011

If you're looking to build relationships with VCs, learn from top entrepreneurs or just get deep into the NYC innovation community, I suggest you read a book. This blog takes no responsibility.). Getting venture money starts with a relationship, and not with a pitch. How about riding a bike?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

I became aware of Sam several years ago as I started noticing his name repeated in the comments section of my blog. Of course he pitched me the entire ride down. Come to entrepreneur pitches. I’m ecstatic to have in the LA community. Sam in the perfect example. So I had a sense that I knew who he was.

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DECEMBER 26, 2011

One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. What areas are going to change? What areas need to be disrupted?

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MARCH 10, 2011

Even the one time blogging platform of choice Wordpress can, without a lot of hassles, can be manipulated to be your entire site's content management system. On to of that, connected communities of entrepreneurs are better at incubating and supporting startups now than ever before. Why isn't it growing its own yet?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2024

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a community of entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs everywhere. Margee Moore of BigOrange Marketing shared that, “The community of peers is so very helpful. and more articles from the EO blog. At EO, we celebrate and support entrepreneurs on World Entrepreneurs’ Day—and every day!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

My first pitch was not to investors or potential clients; it was to my fiancée, convincing her to delay our wedding plans until Equifund was up and running — a promise that took significantly longer than the anticipated six months to fulfill. and more articles from the EO blog. I also did not have a business partner.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 12, 2024

These EOers work with the students to refine their pitches and provide insights and tips to help them succeed in the high-level competition. Although every student had their pitch honed to perfection, there is always the extra mile to explore deeper meaning. It is a competition and a show. Get involved!

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2023

Video pitching. I see an uptick in pitching via pre-recorded video. We used Loom to pre-record our pitch and share it with potential investors. It’s a great way to personalize a pitch deck and share it with interested parties. This will result in community successes. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2024

I quickly realized after joining a Forum that EO wasn’t just there to help you get rich but to support the complete entrepreneur, from wealth creation to emotional support, community, and education. and more articles from the EO blog. They supported me through every major decision I made at the company.

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JUNE 8, 2011

I've been very lucky over the last six years of being involved in the NYC innovation community to meet some fantastic folks. By the way, I didn't add social media as a tip because, if you're reading this blog, you probably already use it. and if you don't understand the value of Twitter, blogging, etc. 1) Be Discerning.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Conferences, startup blogs, meetups--they're all filled with people telling you how to build your company. There are several key problems to this knowledge sharing little community we've built: People make themselves look better in hindsight. Why ever read another tech blog? Why should that stop me, though?

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JUNE 9, 2020

If you’re a white professional in venture, you might feel uncomfortable tweeting or blogging about race. If you're in a more privileged position with lots of VC connections to pitch, you’ll either do one of the following things: You'll come right back at me, tell me why and how I'm wrong—because at this point you have nothing to lose.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. It’s why I still randomly meet up with people I’ve met on Twitter or this blog. Well, I get nothing out of seeing how well a bunch of people can pitch their businesses on stage. We’ll see. TechStars Interactions.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

You need a solid business plan, traction to demonstrate market fit, and the skills to pitch effectively. Yet founders often trip up when it comes to investor relations — the ongoing communication and relationship building after that first check clears. Don’t think of investor communication as a one-and-done sales job.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2024

As the world’s premier, purpose-built organization with a mission to empower entrepreneurs from every industry, culture, and sector, the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a member-led community created for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

If you’re pitching, selling or proposing a partnership, you want to find out what will spark the other person’s interest so that they can’t help but want to work with you. It’s because you just haven’t pitched your products or services to solve their problems. A version of this article originally appeared on Kym Huynh’s blog.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2015

This is simply no different than curating on Pinterest, Tweeting interesting stories, editing on Wikipedia or blogging. Each does it for building an online community either for personal or professional utility. 90% of the online video businesses that pitch me do none of these things. In the end they show you a video.

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JANUARY 24, 2015

Some through blog comments – your place or mine. I was reminded of that when Shafqat Islam weighed in: @msuster @marshallk I built relationships via twitter and blog comments with both of you well before we ever met! I knew Shafqat as a reader on my blog and then I was introduced to him on a trip through New York.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

He wrote an excellent blog post on this topic. There was some Twitter chat before the event about whether this “replaces&# local angel funding communities like the Tech Coast Angels. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Pitching VCs Start-up Advice Startup Advice VC Industry. It does not and that’s a good thing.

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MAY 26, 2022

Unfortunately, the blueprint and operating manual for how your CEO brain works doesn’t really come off in a pitch meeting. I certainly don’t plan on writing one—but in a way, I write a book’s worth of content every year on my blog/newsletter/Substack/whatever the kids are calling long form these days.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 25, 2025

Through the program, we homed in on our ideal customer, sharpened our pitch, and built relationships that unlocked real growth opportunities,” Kemi Olunloyo, Co-Founder & CEO of ProBound, said. Two additional teams, First Americans Marketplace Exchange (FAME) and Colorchain, participated in cohort 3 but did not pitch at Demo Day.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here are the top blog posts EO published on Inc.com in 2023: 1. And don’t miss Eden’s follow-up post for EO Blog, How to Stay Ahead of Crisis PR with ChatGPT. Don’t miss his follow-up post on EO Blog, Why It’s Crucial to Go All In On Yourself As an Entrepreneur. Posts: A Lookback at 2023 first appeared on The EO Blog.

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MARCH 1, 2010

I grew up here, went to school here, and have worked hard over the last 5+ years to help build up the NYC innovation community. It might take you six months to get to know an investor well, so don’t expect a check on the first pitch. > Life is a tradeoff. Misconception #4: The media never covers startups here.

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MAY 5, 2011

VC Blogger Fanboy This geek reads all the blogs religiously and is a lean startup ninja. Most successful businesses have a plan for real revenue right off the bat and a clearer value proposition than "let the community figure it out". Don't let the fanboys distract you from business 101.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Other people were in the online community called “ The Well &# (founded in 1985). It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. And then came AOL.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2021

Monthly sessions share best practices, resources and cover everything from marketing, presentations, ghostwriting, publishing tips, pitching–any and everything related to promoting authors and speakers. and more articles from the EO blog. . The post The 5 MyEO groups that have changed my life appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Gust

MARCH 9, 2014

There are many more, but these should get you started: Create a professional website and blog. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Create meaningful content and engage others online (free downloads, white papers, webinars, regular blogging). Do something unique to get customer attention.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 23, 2019

I made sure that during my pitches to judges, I spoke with integrity, vigor and passion—the perfect recipe to command a room. I knew that the content within my presentation would certainly help me win and add to my credibility, but to really seal the deal, I had to nail the pitch. It felt like it was more than just a pitch competition.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2020

CSR is part of his personal brand, and over the years, his company has thrived because of his genuine commitment to ethical sourcing , sustainability , community service , and employee wellness. Embody it to your core and make it a central part of your pitch to investors. Find common ground. Do your research ahead of time.

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JANUARY 28, 2012

Fred Wilson wrote two posts in 2010 that were very influential with the startup community. I know that they really impacted an entire cohort of startups because every company that was coming to pitch me businesses was (is) saying, “I’m a ‘mobile first’ company.” The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2019

The flipside of Canada’s multicultural identity is that we have expat communities almost everywhere, which can be a huge leg up for expanding abroad. Chances are, there’s someone with firsthand knowledge of the market you’re trying to reach within your immediate community, so tap into the diversity on your doorstep.

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APRIL 24, 2021

Pitch Deck Get your idea onto paper; it’s far easier to convey that way. A pitch deck is a teaser, where its goal is to create an appetite for further conversations and this can work equally well with prospective co-founders as it does with investors. Get the pitch right Tell a great story Startups that tell a great story get funding.

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