Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2020

Embrace this era of uncertainty as an opportunity. EO is the only global network exclusively for entrepreneurs. The post Top Four Survival Tips for Small Business Owners appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2024

With passion, hustle, and these thrifty startup strategies, you can transform your vision into a viable product without relying on loans or financing. These programs often offer financial assistance, valuable mentorship, and networking opportunities. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. People rightly recognize that comments on blogs are just a form of a stream and thus the growth of open commenting platforms like Disqus and IntenseDebate. Then came blogs.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

It’s often some combination of the idea not being big enough to sustain a venture exit or the company just not being appropriate for venture financing. My company was not well executed enough to achieve venture capital financing—and that wasn’t the city’s fault, it was mine. I was there, too. They’re not “dumb Wall Street money”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This includes seed funding Automattic (who produce WordPress, the blog I use for this website) and investing in formspring.me, stickybits, Thing Labs (producer of Brizzly), KissMetrics and many others including Quantcast. Venture Financings we Discussed. I plan to test Lijit on this website in the next few weeks. Total raised: $30mm.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Collective , an all-in-one back-office finance platform for the self-employed, which has raised over $28 million in funding, is hiring for five roles across engineering, marketing and member services (tax, accounting). Stay tuned, and please feel free to share with anyone looking for a new opportunity! Super interesting read.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. Credit cards "just work" and peer to peer transactions just aren't big enough to bootstrap a network. (PS.there are various companies in this article I have or have had business involvements with.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

It allows him the opportunity to do what he does best, finding and motivating entrepreneurs then thinking through market strategy. It had the audience, the people, the network, everything! Tige and I discuss an excellent blog post written by the CEO of Hulu (Jason Kilar) on the future of advertising. Netflix is a great example.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

I believe that our job can be stripped away to its core: We have to be really good at identifying talent and we have to be competent enough in startup operations and finance that they want to work with us and figure out the answers together. ” I’ve already blogged about how I work through this process: I triangulate.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

See differences as opportunity and not a challenge. I learned to accept and work with differences in thought and methodology, reset my brain to embrace diversity, and to see the differences as opportunity and not a challenge. I created custom PCs for consumers, built networks for small businesses, and developed websites.

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OurCrowd

JULY 19, 2021

Additionally, Webank committed to $100 million in receivables financing. Your portfolio gets stronger when the OurCrowd network gets involved. See some opportunities below: Software Engineer for InsighTech (Israel). The post Newsletter: Top Investment Opportunities appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Introductions.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I wrote this conundrum and the need to take charge of how the market define your skills in my much-read blog post on “ personal branding.” Being a CEO begets the network to be a CEO. We did the early round of financing and the founding team walked when the market turned and when the situation got tough.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Discord , the communications service that’s become the 21st century’s answer to MUD rooms, is close to closing a new round of financing that would value the company at up to $7 billion, according to sources with knowledge of the round. Those opportunities are apparent in Discord’s explosive growth. billion valuation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 1, 2024

Provide Opportunities for Involvement Offer your investors opportunities to get more involved with your business, whether through advisory roles, mentorship programs with younger employees, or direct involvement in certain projects. and more articles from the EO blog.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

During the onset of the pandemic, Aboyeji, via his blog post , said Future Africa Fund was looking to raise institutional investment. Investzilla is focused on unlocking that opportunity for them.” Last month, it announced that a total of $267,500 had been raised to support three Nigerian startups’ bridge financing rounds.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 29, 2011

No matter how much I or any of the team here at First Round made themselves accessable through Office Hours, LinkedIn, Twitter, speaking, blogging, etc., Then I realized that it's probably not obvious what the dynamics are around how VCs tend to get introduced to companies and what works best for people, so I figured I'd blog about it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

If selected, you’ll have the chance to not only recruit, but also network with the other companies at the event. Incubators such as the one Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh started a few years ago are also a great way to jump-start your innovative ideas, receive mentoring, network, etc. Nashville, Tennessee.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

That said, I’ve identified quite a few microcredentials, conferences, and other learning opportunities which will help train you to be a better investor. New York Private Equity Network. Revenue Based Financing Network Group. International Climate Finance Accelerator – based in Luxembourg. VC ASSOCIATIONS.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

This is the company’s Series E round of financing, and it comes hot on the heels of renewed public attention on the site that has dubbed itself ‘the front page of the Internet,’ owing to the role the subreddit r/WallStreetBets played in the recent meteoric rise (and subsequent steep fall) of the value of GameStop stock.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

This week, EO joins with the Global Entrepreneurship Network in celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week (#GEW2017) , which credits the importance and growing impact of entrepreneurship, and features an international calendar of events and partnerships. Celebrate with us by visiting the EO Octane blog every day this week!

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it. One of the primary ones is the referral source.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 21, 2017

In this blog post, I’d like to reveal the four reasons why you need to rethink using the SWOT tool —the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis—for your next strategic planning, and I’d like to share with you the tool I’ve been using. Now opportunities and challenges are time-critical. It’s not time-critical.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

We were invited to participate by the Global Leaders Initiative, which aims to bring key networks together to find solutions that address the challenges of sustainable development. There’s an opportunity here. and more articles from the EO blog. The post EO Members Share Takeaways from 2023 WEF in Davos first appeared on.

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StartupNation

JUNE 11, 2025

If you’re willing to look beyond what you’re already doing, you can find countless opportunities to diversify your revenue. So, you might include a relevant blog post about one of their products, and their content team can do the same for your business. There are a few different ways your teams could partner up.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 21, 2016

By Don Britton, Founder and CEO, Network Alliance. One example of a recent innovation encouragement program Network Alliance implemented was the distribution of a company-wide survey, where employees were asked to provide their suggestions on areas or topics of the company’s business where they felt they needed more insight or training.

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Founders Coop

MAY 18, 2020

Since most founders are too busy to read long blog posts, here’s the tl;dr: – Tell the Truth – Be Fast – Give First – It’s Your Company – Be Human. In the process of writing this post we realized we had a lot to say on the topic. Weak teams can get stronger as co-founders come and go.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

All VCs, including us, regularly see investment opportunities which don’t fit our mandate. We found these by looking through firms’ websites, social media , blog posts, etc. Certain late-stage VCs have invested in some of my past funds, partly to motivate us to refer future investment opportunities to them.

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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. For every bear there’s somebody else thinking they have an opportunity. Even Sequoia. And so it goes.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This article originally appeared on the PixelEdge Blog. “[The It was clear that there was more opportunity for their research and data products, but they wanted to invest their resources in promising ideas for their target market. D emand The facilitator asks the group to discuss what the opportunities are.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

ShareChat said on Thursday it has raised a new financing round that values it at over $2 billion, joining four other local startups in attaining the unicorn status this week. The Indian social network said it has raised $502 million in a new financing round — Series E — led by Tiger Global that valued ShareChat at $2.1

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StartupNation

JUNE 11, 2025

If you’re willing to look beyond what you’re already doing, you can find countless opportunities to diversify your revenue. So, you might include a relevant blog post about one of their products, and their content team can do the same for your business. There are a few different ways your teams could partner up.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

This week, EO joins with the Global Entrepreneurship Network in celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week (#GEW2017) , which credits the importance and growing impact of entrepreneurship, and features an international calendar of events and partnerships. Celebrate with us by visiting the EO Octane blog every day this week!

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OurCrowd

JUNE 26, 2021

Israeli Energy-Tech All Stars Insight and opportunities for new OurCrowd investors. A rare opportunity to hear from three leaders of the digital retail revolution. Get an overview of how to get the most out of OurCrowd, investing tutorials, and insider insights into the latest investment opportunities. How to grow a hectocorn.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 18, 2019

There were to-do’s that needed to be done on a daily basis, related to running the household, taking care of the family, and managing the day-to-day finances. Another major to-do was to make sure I maintained and grew my relationships with friends, family and my professional network. As time passed, I became more adept.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

This week, EO joins with the Global Entrepreneurship Network in celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week (#GEW2017) , which credits the importance and growing impact of entrepreneurship, and features an international calendar of events and partnerships. Celebrate with us by visiting the EO Octane blog every day this week!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

All VCs, including us, regularly see investment opportunities that don’t fit our mandate. We found these by looking through firms’ websites, social media, blog posts, etc. Certain late-stage VCs have invested in some of my past funds, partly to motivate us to refer future investment opportunities to them.

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