Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2020

Pete is a mid-level manager in the software engineering unit of an entrepreneurial startup that quickly grew to 400 office-based employees doing electronic health records (EHRs). Pete was assigned by senior management to lead the team transitioning all 400 employees to telework. Meet with your key stakeholders and discuss your plan.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 23, 2020

For more recommendations on leading virtually, check out the original version of this article on my blog. What this encompasses though are several goals such as writing substantial blog posts like this one, being consistent with my Expansive podcast and delivering private webinars to teams. Fix the Meeting. And guess what?

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. A former engineer, Rob was a great writer and a thoughtful student of management. We used to chat a fair amount via our respective blogs about management and entrepreneurship. I didn''t actually get to meet him in person until SXSW in 2007.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Manage your own expectations. Alex Haro says: “I think the more stressful part is that I think any great entrepreneur sets up expectations for themselves that are very hard to meet.”. Manage your own expectations, and then manage the expectations of those around you. Manage your stress level. Explore all options.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

By September 18th we were ready to bring them to a full partner meeting and as a group we were bought into the vision and the experience of this exact team to pull things off. We funded about $2 million, which allowed a full team in Finland to be recruited for building the app and an international management team led from Los Angeles.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

We spent most of that summer developing the product while carving out time to meet investors and try to raise funding. You are more likely to get a meeting if an accelerator has filtered you. I probably met with 20+ investors, including Fred Wilson and Josh Koppelman, and both rejected our company as too early. A HUGE network enhancer.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

Alex Louey—founder and managing director at Appscore . Daniel Dickson—managing director at Amarco Enterprises. It’s not a mistake I’ve made since as a hiring manager and it’s also a learning I’ve carried over into my investments: I back entrepreneurs first and foremost and not their CVs; that distinction is critical.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2021

The opportunity to meet personally (or virtually in 2020) with a group of trusted entrepreneurs who run a variety of businesses, to be able to share experiences, and to be able to learn from each other in a safe and trusted environment is second-to-none. and more articles from the EO blog. . appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. You need to figure out how much time to spend with each prospect and you need to rigorously manage your time and the calendar. This is where most founders err.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

“Throughout my journey as an entrepreneur and even as an individual, I have been very fortunate to meet people from diverse backgrounds who helped me get to where I am now. and more articles from the EO blog. . The post The need for diversity and inclusion remains appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

From thoughts on maximizing meeting efficacy and expanding your goal-setting mindset to improving employee engagement and reaping the benefits of systems and processes, EO members share personal experiences and action steps that can benefit your business. Here are the top blog posts EO published on Inc.com in 2023: 1. I guarantee it!”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 16, 2020

Every day, we meet on Zoom not only to discuss pressing issues impacting our business, but also to bond over books we’re reading and television shows we’re watching. The post How to Build a Team That Can Navigate Your Business Through Difficult Times appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Be open & transparent (mimicking the greater social order changes that have come with blogs & social media). He’s already had a major impact on decision-making at our partner meetings and on our outreach to entrepreneurs. When he starts his blog I’ll let you know. But I miss blogging. Glad to be back.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Disillusioned employees have alienated good customers, incompetent managers have killed productivity, and the best talent has left for the competition. TINYPulse , a cloud-based service that sends out weekly survey emails, captures anonymous feedback from employees and offers tools to help management visualize and analyze the data.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

We drew this conclusion after a meeting we had with Morgan Stanley where they showed us historical 15 & 20 year valuation trends and we all discussed what we thought this meant. We could talk with customers, meet the entire management team, review financial plans, review customer purchasing cohorts, evaluate the competition, etc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Contributed by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky , an internationally-renowned thought leader in future-proofing and cognitive bias risk management and an EO 360° podcast guest. Meanwhile, in-person meetings still connect us on a human-to-human level, no matter how brief they are. Naturally, employees will demand fewer virtual meetings.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Daniel Dickson, managing director at Amarco Enterprises. On discipline, the questions I ask myself are: Business: Are the meeting rhythms set in stone, diarised, communicated and running like clockwork? A version of this article originally appeared on Kym Huynh’s blog. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. And it’s true that I still take a whole lot of first meetings with entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2023

Tap into expertise Retreat planners have the experience and knowledge to create a tailored retreat that meets your group’s needs and goals. Customize your retreat Every retreat is unique, and a professional can help customize and personalize your retreat to meet your group’s specific needs and preferences.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 25, 2023

” Williams points out that managers in particular have an enormous direct impact on the mental health of their employees, even more so than family members or doctors. One impactful way to drive participation and focus on wellness is to incorporate it into formal performance management mechanisms.

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Source Link

JULY 30, 2021

Next, check out the resources that are available and confirm the best channels to reach our specific audience and meet our goals. Helpful marketing management tools such as MailChimp for email and Hootsuite to schedule social media posts can automate the process. Give them your print collateral to deliver directly to local businesses.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

Navigating Tough Financial Times Managing finances during this period was an exercise in frugality and creativity. My family and I lived a minimalist lifestyle, relying on the support of friends and relatives to make ends meet. and more articles from the EO blog.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2025

Whether you’re a solopreneur or a small business owner looking to scale, leveraging AI-powered tools can be a game-changer in managing routine tasks, automating workflows to lower operational costs, providing advanced analytics, and gaining advantage over competitors to drive growth. What Are AI Agents? Tools like Jasper AI and Copy.ai

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

The main thing you’re concerned about in this phase of your company is maintaing control of your board, which in a legalistic perspective is ensuring that founders & management have the majority of seats on the board. So our board meetings consisted of discussion about. how to evolve our management team.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 5, 2021

My friend Dan Malven wrote about this on his blog yesterda y: A working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in November 2020 contradicts that notion, showing that half of all VC fund managers outperform the public markets, and are therefore worthy of institutional investment.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 4, 2022

We asked Dr. Tsipursky how leaders can better manage their teams by revising their performance review process. Here’s what he shared: The pandemic forced leaders to reconcile with the need for effective hybrid and remote team management strategies, including in performance evaluations. Hybrid is our future.

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Hunter Walk

APRIL 28, 2024

Instead of firing the card’s product managers, Huang arranged a meeting in which the managers presented, to a few hundred people, every decision they had made that led to the fiasco. Nvidia also distributed to the press a satirical video, starring the product managers, in which the card was repurposed as a leaf blower.)

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2019

It’s tragically common for people in organizations to be promoted up the hierarchy to their “level of incompetence,” a concept in management known as the Peter Principle. Of these 21, a total of 17—83 percent—received a rating of “meeting or exceeding expectations,” much higher than the baseline. Leadership Development Training.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2020

After 20 years managing the digital agency she founded , Adrienne now pursues opportunities to share her knowledge with other entrepreneurs, to grow alongside her peers, and to meaningfully explore the world. . Since transitioning from an active management role at the firm, she continues to serve as a board member.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

The tech community has been having a long-overdue conversation about mental health and work/life balance and it’s something I’ve been talking up as far back as 2006 , 2009 , and 2014 on my blog and in public. I continue to emphasize that as an investor today. The media certainly seems to have decided which group they’d rather work for.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Pre-pandemic, people were, on average, spending 85 percent or more of their time in collaborative activities—time spent on the phone, in meetings, on email and utilizing instant messaging. So you start to see the importance of managing both sides of the infinity loop. And this has gotten worse with the pandemic. .

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. We had a series of meetings with Ynon and thought he’s be a great addition to our team. Babe Ruth vs. Lance Armstrong.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 23, 2021

Contributed by Jeff Meade, the founder and CEO of MEADE , a management consulting firm. Be explicit about how they contribute to meeting the BHAG. Some of my favorite survey inquiries include: “I belong here,” “I believe management respects everyone equally,” and “I can express my opinion here without repercussion.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

A recent Microsoft study found that 49 percent of managers of hybrid workers “struggle to trust employees to do their best work.” To succeed in our increasingly hybrid and remote future will require retraining managers to address the proximity bias and evaluate performance based on productivity. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2023

We asked them to share the skills, mindset or tools that entrepreneurs would be wise to adopt to meet the moment. Within the travel industry, we are seeing more purposeful travel—longer stays, with more meetings crammed into those days away. Badal Saboo, EO Pune, CEO and managing director, Pune Fashion Week. Video pitching.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Rick Gardiner, EO Minnesota, founder and CEO, iAffiliate Management. Meeting new EO friends at global events. Meeting EO members from all over the world for the Tomorrowland Music Festival (near my hometown) was an unforgettable experience! He was in town with family, so I got to meet them. “My

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

On the other hand several crowd-funding campaigns have underwhelmed in terms of meeting deadlines which damages ones brand so be careful about this, too. Obviously you should have somebody that helps you research journalists, gets you meetings, pitches stories, helps prep you for interviews & helps make sure your writing is cogent.

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