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7 EO members share how to mitigate rising transportation costs and shipping delays

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Global supply chain issues, increased transportation costs and shipping delays are an ongoing post-pandemic problem. Our small business has absolutely been impacted by higher transportation costs and shipping delays. Eric Griffin, EO Philadelphia, Co-founder and CEO, Mobile Outfitters. . Adjust for margin impact. “In

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

This is going to be BIG.

Not in the “founder friendly” culture of tech anyway. An examination of several high profile stories this past year about female CEO issues lays bare the other reason: It’s not “founder friendly.” It’s male founder friendly. Founders have to reckon with that. Travis should hire her back?? He should have been long gone.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

This meant: Less capital to start a company thus the rise of “micro VCs” Younger, more technical founders (not as big of a leap to take a risk on a 24-year-old when it’s $250k and not $5 million. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. Welcome to the future.

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Advice from Warren Rustand: Put Your Head Down and Walk Into the Storm

Entrepreneurs' Organization

She recently attended a Facebook Live stream hosted by Warren Rustand , co-founder of EO’s Leadership Academy in Washington, D.C., a publicly-traded social service and transportation firm. Yap is a thriving serial entrepreneur whose businesses include Citrus Studios , Luxe Link , and the Orange & Bergamot.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Who else but an extreme optimist and entrepreneur could have imagined and then publicly spoken about “The Hyperloop” – a system of transport that envisages transporting people from LA to San Francisco in 35 minutes. Of course the naysayers are out again. I’d love even 0.5%

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6 Reasons To Hire a Retreat Planner for Your Annual Forum Retreat

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed to EO by Ashley Luck, an EO SLP member of the Edmonton chapter, One Canada Committee member, and the founder and principal of AMP Business Solutions. A professional retreat planner can handle all the details, from location scouting to registration and transportation. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Space manufacturing startup Varda, incubated at Founders Fund, emerges with $9 million in funding

TechCrunch

From a young age, Will Bruey, the co-founder and chief executive of Varda Space Industries , was fascinated with space and running his own business. So when the former SpaceX engineer was tapped by Delian Asparouhov and Trae Stephens of Founders Fund to work on Varda, he didn’t think twice. Bruey spent six years at SpaceX.