Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 6, 2021

My first entrepreneurial opportunity. the conversation morphed into a discussion around the opportunity for me to start a business designed to service HIS new business. Fifteen years later, as a divorced dad of two teenagers, I found a window of opportunity. He began to describe his latest business acquisition and—suddenly!—

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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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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In this blog, we’ll break down everything you need to know, from choosing the best business structure to getting professional help. A separate business bank account draws a clear distinction between your personal and business finances. Don’t be shy about seeking out these opportunities.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. Ask if you could shadow different functions like marketing, finance or product management. I installed Windows 3.1

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. Some bloggers become so successful that they turn blogging into a full-time business. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

Meditation apps like Headspac e and Calm will provide opportunities for users to unwind after a long day of solitary work or managing a household full of kids off school. There’s also an opportunity for publishers who create book reviews and recommend book lists as people research what to read and listen to during their time at home.

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2024

Through educational fundraising summits, a mentorship program in the works, and with the support of ambassadors in four provinces to date, WEDO Canada aims to nurture the next generation of female leaders, and foster a culture of inclusivity and opportunity. and more articles from the EO blog. This is the world I want to live in.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. Some bloggers become so successful that they turn blogging into a full-time business. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog?

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2020

Embrace this era of uncertainty as an opportunity. The post Top Four Survival Tips for Small Business Owners appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. What does your small business look like six months from now, one year from now?

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This collaborative platform features a searchable resource database, comprehensive startup guides, robust events calendar, and interactive blog with hotline that will connect startups to a BizLink Orange Navigator who will expertly guide startups to the right area resource based on their location, industry, stage of business and more.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 4, 2023

Capital is often viewed only as an opportunity for an infusion of money into a business to get it started or grow and scale your company. It’s a misconception that to IPO or exit successfully, you must have outside financing and investor capital. and more articles from the EO blog. To raise or not to raise?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

Yesterday I saw a Tweet from Chris Sacca fly by that prompted me to want to write a blog post helping entrepreneurs understand why they should push back against VCs asking for “super pro-rata” rights. They might own 8% of your company after the first funding but demand up to 33-50% of your next round of financing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 2, 2021

Open a savings account with your child: A perfect opportunity to teach children about budgeting and saving is when they receive money from special events or birthdays. Since 2016, not one US state has added personal finance to its K-12 standards. 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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

It’s an incredibly valuable event for both EO Accelerators and EO members with startups that want to attract investments in addition to EO members who are looking for the right investment opportunity. Each person gets 90 seconds to share the details of the investment opportunity or the “deal need” they’re presenting or seeking.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

They see it as a source of differentiation for them as a company because their less financed competitors can’t afford it (and often their careers are wrapped up in the multi-millions of dollars they’ve spent implementing it). And weirdly the buyers of this technology often have a vested interest in buying from the incumbent.

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

EO offers great opportunity, education and tools to facilitate this, and create Instimacy (=instant intimacy) in business conversations. . One EO member who is currently planning an exit shared that, though he has now hired a high-level VP of Finance, “I brought him in too late in our stage—I wish I had hired him earlier.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. I was saying that I was happy it was all out in the open because I felt at least everybody could now understand the issues & opportunities from the perspectives of angels, entrepreneurs and VCs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2020

If you’re a business owner who has survived the conversion to remote work, you could have a lucrative opportunity in front of you: job demand. However, employment opportunities are scarce. She enjoys informing readers about topics spanning industries such as technology, business, finance, culture, wellness, hospitality and tourism.

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OurCrowd

JULY 19, 2021

Additionally, Webank committed to $100 million in receivables financing. See some opportunities below: Software Engineer for InsighTech (Israel). The post Newsletter: Top Investment Opportunities appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Jasper is currently growing 20% month-over-month.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 16, 2021

Tokyo/Jerusalem – March 16, 2021 – NTT Finance , a subsidiary of NTT Group (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone), announced today that it will establish NTT Finance Israel LP together with OurCrowd. NTT Finance will commit $15 million (1.5 The OurCrowd community consists of almost 80,000 registered investors from over 195 countries.

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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.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 7, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. Some bloggers become so successful that they turn blogging into a full-time business. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 23, 2021

Chances are strong that you used the pandemic as an opportunity to reset your business and redefine success. All business scorecards should reflect a company’s finances, customer interactions, internal workflows, and growth/learning initiatives. Yet most entrepreneurs have spent the past year in survival mode, not planning mode.

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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. and more articles from the EO blog. When asked, “What was your first entrepreneurial project?

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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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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. We'll be doing more making sure *everyone* gets the opportunity to create innovative change versus just campaigning for people who look like ourselves in our own various constituent groups. Reader beware.).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Some had a wild idea and found a way to sell it; others accidentally bumped into an opportunity they were able to seize and monetize. No bank would even consider us for financing, so we had to find a way to make it all work. But there is an opportunity to do things differently. A tough situation to say the least.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

All of this is covered in more detail on the TWiVC video above (and much of it is covered in text on this blog on the “ Raising VC &# tab). Progress to date of your company (when started, key milestones, what shape is the product in, any pilot / beta customers, financing). Will a VC sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement)?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

It’s the compass that navigates a startup through uncertain terrain, helping it avoid pitfalls and capitalize on opportunities. Alex has extensive experience working in finance operations, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and private equity-backed companies. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 16, 2022

I’ve also had the opportunity to hear from and speak to major business thinkers, including Jim Kwik, Peter Diamandis, Brene Brown , Simon Sinek and Warren Rustand. Explore the EO Path of Leadership to learn about leadership opportunities within EO. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 25, 2021

Often, professionals identify missed financial planning opportunities and coordination gaps that could cost families thousands or even millions of dollars, depending on their net worth. The post Simon Says: Have “The Talk” with your parents appeared first on THE BLOG. You certainly don’t want that to happen in your family.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 31, 2022

One way we can truly diversify is to pursue opportunities both at home and abroad. By narrowing investments to only domestic, you risk missing growth opportunities while leaving your portfolio with too much exposure to the risks affecting that area. and more articles from the EO blog. For example, 1,806 U.S.-based

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

In the old days there weren’t many fights about whether angels would take their prorata rights in financing rounds. Direct investment strategies usually mean that they invest in several VC funds and then wait for opportunities to invest in their portfolio companies directly. Thus begins the dance. ” The simple reason why?

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