Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Advice for non-technical founders for finding a serious CTO for your startup Finding a co-founder is hard work. Finding a technical co-founder is even harder. Yet, the benefits of having a technical co-founder make it all worthwhile. A good co-founder will serve as a powerful force multiplier.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

“Because many people have their work distributed on different platforms, and developers and designers and tech professionals often write articles on Substrack and share codes on GitHub, we wanted to allow them to build a profile where they can showcase all their work,” said Akash Bhadange, co-founder and CEO of Peerlist, in an interview.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Yesterday, I met with a founder with an interesting model who was raising $400k to bring the finishing touches to her product to make it customer-ready. In fact, the only founder I've ever seen completely run the table for a multi-million dollar seed round based off of a Powerpoint is Chantel Waterbury of chloe + isabel.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Chroma , a startup working to build a new type of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices, is now adding a Twitter co-founder to its board. The venture most notably incubated the blogging platform Medium. However, in 2013, Stone and the others shifted their focus to individual startups. million in seed funding (5.1

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 28, 2019

Written by Mike Scott, co-founder and CEO of NONA , a software development studio based in South Africa. Software development is still a ‘dark art’ for many founders, executives and business decision-makers, and yet it can be absolutely critical to the success of your business. How are different time zones handled?

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Founders Coop

MAY 18, 2020

Our first reaction to reading Fred’s post was that, by relying on our own experiences and learning over our 10-plus years and 200-plus early-stage investments, we’ve developed a strong shared view of what our customer experience should feel like. Ideas that start out bad often get better over time as founders learn and adapt.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Transitioning From a Founder to a Leader. The goal of the Catalyst program is to make founders take a step back and honestly assess their current business. This helps them learn how to improve and reimagine what’s possible by developing greater discipline and focusing on fundamental business strategies. Agile development.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 29, 2024

Scaling Up founder Verne Harnish likes to say, “Make the main thing, the main thing.” Then, develop a strategic plan that outlines the specific actions, resources, tasks, and timelines needed to achieve your objectives within the 13-week timeframe. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Written by Alex Yastrebenetsky, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Cincinnati, Ohio, and founder of InfoTrust , an award-winning digital analytics consulting and technology company that helps marketers use data to make smarter decisions. Together, we can make a greater difference.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The Future Africa Fund kicked off in 2015 when Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Nadayar Enegesi , co-founders of US-based and African-focused talent company Andela, wrote checks to African startups as angel investors. During the onset of the pandemic, Aboyeji, via his blog post , said Future Africa Fund was looking to raise institutional investment.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Developers can be a tough crowd. Coming up with relevant content that developers find interesting takes specific know-how, and this is where Draft.dev comes in. One of the survey respondents noted that developers are underrated as a target audience: It may be niche, but it is a large one. What inspired you to create Draft.dev?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here are the top blog posts EO published on Inc.com in 2023: 1. Set Goals Like Google: Why OKRs Surpass Other Goal-Setting Methods for Entrepreneurs Eric Crews (EO Boston), founder and CEO of management consulting firm Crews & co., Use these to inspire your thinking and develop better ways to serve your customers or clients.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Google has selected 30 startups to receive a share of its $2 million Black Founders Fund in Europe, providing these companies with a spot of cash, some valuable cloud services and a bit of good old-fashioned networking among the Google crew. All the startups are led by Black founders, and 40% by women of color.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO, Startup Professionals. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. Subscribe by email. Power Pitches.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Blogs are a great example: Because they’re a cheap way to drive SEO, companies crank them out, then use KPIs like time on site, pages per session and social media likes to demonstrate how successful they’ve been. 3 Black founders predict little will change in VC in 2023. Sevetri Wilson, founder and CEO, Resilia.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Contributed to EO by Natalie Kaminski, an EO New York member and co-founder and CEO of JetRockets. Fast forward two-plus decades, and I’m now the CEO and co-founder of JetRockets, where we develop high-performing web and mobile app solutions that help our clients transform their businesses and grow.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Typically, pre-seed rounds are raised when the startup is still in the product development phase, yet to make revenue or discover product-market fit. A recurring theme: Serial founders. He told TechCrunch that trust between the VCs and founders involved played a major role in most pre-seed rounds last year. . ” .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Smaller businesses may be attracted to blogs, social media posts, and email marketing. Contributed to EO by Steve Ferman, an EO New Jersey member, serial entrepreneur, and founder of 4 Pillar Coach. and more articles from the EO blog. Do you have the right bait? It’s critical to set yourself apart from the competition.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We summarize these pearls of wisdom in our new book, Smart Startups: What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know — Advice from 18 Harvard Business School Founders. For the HBS founders we interviewed, there was no “lightbulb moment” for their startup idea. and more articles from the EO blog. And nothing more. 

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2024

As driven entrepreneurs, members of EO are quite aware of the high-level stress involved in running and growing a company — and many have developed unique ways of mitigating its potentially damaging effects. and more articles from the EO blog. April is Stress Awareness Month.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley has announced that he is stepping back from his full-time role at the company. He’ll remain on the Board of Directors as co-chair with Factual founder Gil Elbaz. With the company’s Pilgrim SDK , developers can build location-aware apps. Foursquare merges with Factual.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 10, 2024

Closer to home, my friend William, a successful developer who silently struggled with his mental health, ultimately ended his own life, leaving behind his wife, and children. that is the basis for this blog post. and more articles from the EO blog. I asked myself “Why?” We hear all too many of these types of stories.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2024

Over the years, I have developed several best practices for setting annual goals and wanted to share them: Don’t Be Busy : Make 2024 the year you stop answering every “how are you?” The past few years, I have developed a one-page plan of three or four high level goals for the year that are most important. with “busy”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2024

Master Your Mindset In 47 years of living and seven as an entrepreneur, I’ve learned the greatest lesson of life is recognizing patterns, and then — more importantly — developing your own. and more articles from the EO blog. The post 4 Mindset Patterns Visionaries Use To Change The World first appeared on The EO Blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 20, 2020

Walton is an member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization and founder of Avirtual , a company that supplies virtual employees. Smuts is currently enrolled in EO’s Accelerator program and the founder of Credo Growth. The Trust Equation helps teams and leaders develop credibility, reliability and professional intimacy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 27, 2016

By Annmarie Lanesey, EO Albany member and co-founder of Greane Tree Technology . When Annmarie Lanesey co-founded a software development business in Troy, NY in 2008, she saw business ownership as a means to successful living. From where I sit, custom software development isn’t mysterious, remote or risky.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

What better way to recognize these hard-working innovators than by showcasing female founders who have been featured on EO’s Wonder podcast ? Lauren Messiah: This Los Angeles­–based EO member has built a robust business at the intersection of personal development and personal style. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 29, 2024

Lindsay Rogers, EO Queensland, co-founder of Chello “My focus was on enhancing my leadership skills. Torsten Oppermann, EO Barcelona and EO Hamburg, co-founder, MSM Digital and 1SP Agency How did the program format enhance your takeaways? and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Pitching a VC “ There’s a great meme developing this morning on the need to simplify funding terms and documents. The meme was kicked off by Chris Dixon with this post saying that term sheets need to be simplified and align investor / founder interests. I have this mentality, too.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 11, 2023

That summer, he completed a three-month software development bootcamp in Chicago called Starter League. On the other, we knew that with the right training, a software development career path could help a South African earn up to three or four times the income of their entire household.” and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2024

From developing a viable business plan to securing funding, managing day-to-day operations, and navigating market fluctuations, the pressure can be relentless. Andile Khumalo, founder and CEO of KhumaloCo., and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Contributed by Alexi Cashen, an EO San Francisco member who is CEO and co-founder of Elenteny Imports , co-founder of St. As co-founder and CEO of Elenteny Imports, a B2B freight forwarding logistics company, and co-founder and chief revenue officer of St. Hildie’s Botonica, and host of The Alexi Cashen Podcast.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here are the top blog posts EO posted on Inc.com in 2023: 1. Set Goals Like Google: Why OKRs Surpass Other Goal-Setting Methods for Entrepreneurs Eric Crews (EO Boston), founder and CEO of management consulting firm Crews & co., Use these to inspire your thinking and develop better ways to serve your customers or clients.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Winnie Hart , former Global Board Director and EO Houston member, and her team at Twin Engine worked passionately to develop and launch the Living Liver Foundation brand. Dave is co-founder and chairman of the Global School of Entre p reneurship , which provides education for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

I attend many tech focused events, hearing from tech executives and founders sharing their view of the world. A similar model is being developed for health care. See this blog post from popular investor Fred Wilson. Zoho Founder On the Lies of Cloud, Startups Funding and more. Education should NOT be a costly input.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. You have secret doubts about your co-founder. So you ask why on Earth being a founder is stressful? Develop a thick skin for it.

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