Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

While only you can decide when to sell your business , you also must rely on these other stakeholders in order to have a successful sale. Every business owner will have to consider a transition at some point in their career, whether that’s upon entering retirement, starting a new business, or even reentering the workforce as an employee.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

A reported 52% of American workers are not engaged in their work and, as a growing body of research has found , employees’ happiness has a direct impact on your company’s performance. You could keep an eye on morale with annual employee surveys, but that’s like driving your car by only looking in the rearview mirror.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 2, 2021

Raising kids in an entrepreneurial family comes with challenges. While many parents understand the value in teaching their kids about money, they’re often unsure where or how to start. Consider letting your child invest their money in the stock market: You can let them pick the stock the money is invested in.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 4, 2021

Employers and employees who have been working remotely for more than a year now are asking themselves the same question as widespread vaccination rolls out: How will things change when we can safely work in the same space once again? During our most recent client session, he called in from a camper van using 4G and a personal hotspot.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 29, 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. We asked Dr. Tsipursky to explain how normalcy bias and other cognitive biases impact entrepreneurs in determining return-to-office scenarios.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Uniswap Labs has raised $165 million in a new funding round as the parent firm of the world’s largest decentralized exchange looks to broaden its offerings. billion in the new funding. Existing backers a16z crypto, Paradigm, SV Angel, and Variant also participated in the new round. ” the firm said in a blog post.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2021

Contributed by Hao Lam, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Seattle, Washington, and founder and CEO of Best in Class Education. With 568 MyEO interest and industry groups in the EO network database, there is truly something for everyone. Not an EO member yet? Learn more here! MyEO Morning Genius.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2022

To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. In July, I wrote about how Y Combinator is building a Product Hunt, Product Hunt is building an Andreessen Horowitz and Andreessen Horowitz is building a Y Combinator. Second, you have to believe that you can package that content in a compelling way, consistently. Enter the latest.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 19, 2018

A version of this article first appeared on Feliks’ Medium blog. . It’s in the execution that a great chief operating officer (COO) comes in very useful! It’s in the execution that a great chief operating officer (COO) comes in very useful! That was about a half year after we raised the first million in VC.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Here’s a checklist for what you should include in your onboarding process: A Welcome Kit Design an employee welcome kit to help your new employee feel welcomed and like they’re already part of the team. Workstation setup Your employee’s workstation should be prepped before they come in for their first day.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Let’s dig in. That’s no moon — it’s a space station” : Vast makes its first acquisition of Launcher in a move that brings it closer to building artificial gravity space stations in low Earth orbit. Manish writes that this investment marks the largest check Amazon’s Smbhav Venture Fund has written thus far. Aria has more.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. The consumer fintech company is focused on helping people build credit and raised $30 million in June 2021. billion valuation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Challenging your employees more often will require a shift in the status quo, from goal-setting to your company culture. If employees don’t know how they can improve, or where they’re falling short, how will they ever grow in their position? The platform simplifies: Weekly check-ins. That’s where you come in.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 19, 2021

Renée Rouleau, an EO member in Austin, is the founder and CEO of Renée Rouleau Skin Care , whose products and personalized skincare are respected by celebrities, bloggers, and skincare obsessives. As she marks 25 years in business, Renée shared what she’s learned along her entrepreneurial journey. No, not entirely. It’s that simple.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Erik Torenberg is no longer the co-CEO of On Deck, a tech company that is trying to productize the community in a way that helps founders secure capital and advice. Erik will remain deeply involved in On Deck, just as he has been since our beginnings.”. Everyone in the room is talking about the same person.”.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. One thing they all had in common? As I tweeted in 2021, the size of this round wouldn’t have turned heads.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2019

In this article, Manny shares his strategy for a smooth business exit plan. A version of this article appeared in Fast Company. I’m not sure when I first knew the startup I invested in last year was doomed. As an EO Vancouver member, he was the 2017 Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global Citizen of the Year Award.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

Since I answer this all the time anyway I thought it might make an interesting blog post. I get paid (well) for interesting people to come in and tell me how they want to change the world – Being an entrepreneur is like having blinders on. In fact, I often take meetings in coffee shops. That’s true.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. And it seems to be creeping back into startup culture of late in a worrying way.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The 30 Most Important Lessons Learned About Developing New Business In this article, we delve into the wisdom of thirty seasoned professionals, including Founders and CEOs, who share their most important lessons learned in developing a new business. This industry demands not only technical expertise but also emotional strength.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

Yesterday I wrote a blog post about what the role of a board actually is. In short the board is there to represent the interest of all shareholders (big & small) of the company and all other stakeholders (debt, creditors, employees, etc.). Of course it’s not required and many don’t do it.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Here’s what I found out: Seven fintech companies ranked in the top 50: Brex (No. Welcome to The Interchange ! 4), Ramp (No.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. We then spoke about startups.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 11, 2022

contract as lunar land rush begins Sealed Air Corporation invests $8M in Highcon Google Cloud Marketplace offers Oriient’s indoor location services Perception Point: Cyber attacks cost over $1K per employee a year More than 4,100 high-tech jobs. Some 37M people in the US are affected by diabetes, leading to $237B in direct healthcare costs.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

But recent trends only reinforce the importance of understanding how valuations are set in SPAC deals, which we believe will continue to reshape the market for venture capital exits. By taking a closer look at the dynamics of these deals, investors can gain confidence in SPACs as a powerful vehicle for unlocking value of promising companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

By now you will likely have read Andy Dunn’s scathing post about Venture Capitalists in which he decries the industry’s masses. After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. billion in returns.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

But recent trends only reinforce the importance of understanding how valuations are set in SPAC deals, which we believe will continue to reshape the market for venture capital exits. By taking a closer look at the dynamics of these deals, investors can gain confidence in SPACs as a powerful vehicle for unlocking value of promising companies.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Gone are the lazy days of summer and in front of us are four months before year-end. In the corporate world, vacations are finished, meetings that didn’t happen over the summer are now on the calendar and decisions are being made. Check in with clients who have not purchased from you in a while.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 26, 2023

That’s because there’s a single traditional office-centric model of Monday through Friday, 9am – 5pm in the office, but many ways to do hybrid work. So how should a leader evaluate whether the model they adopted is optimal for their company’s needs—or whether it needs refinement—in a way that avoids bias ? That’s a mistake.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

In order to be competitive, a company needs to have just about everything in place, from its product to its team to market traction, before it is ready to seek funding. VCs therefore use whatever heuristics they can in order to triage the deal flow. Create your Gust profile to show off your venture in the best possible light.

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Reforge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Table of Contents The 4 Different Types of 1:1s Execute the 1:1 by Avoiding Common Mistakes Two Things You Can Do Today to Start Owning Your Calendar If you’re involved in cross-functional work, it’s easy to fill your calendar with 1:1 meetings. I know this first hand because I’ve personally made all the 1:1 mistakes in the book.

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Source Link

JULY 30, 2021

To support our affiliates, we’ve recently held three virtual discussions on marketing in March, May and July. In May, Abby Smith and Jessica Toms from CruxKC , SourceLink’s marketing partner, guided our discussion on how to build a successful marketing plan. The basics. Getting the word out – successful strategies.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

Most investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in the job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc. In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers. But for B2B sales, meeting people in person is often mandatory. What tech stack should a microinfluencer use?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

Even when it was just me and my co-host making it happen, I can remember the stress of trying to keep all those balls in the air. Now, with a production team of six, we have a streamlined Asana workflow in place for each episode. In a way, this basic start to a workflow was what ended up helping build out our team so quickly.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

In all the podcasts I listened to and blogs I read, there was a consistent refrain: "You need to set aside time to think big." Get the Zapier blog in your inbox Subscribe So, I crowdsourced the answers. Others in the company were skeptical, but we took a chance on it." Last July, I launched a business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 27, 2019

Ryan Villanueva is an entrepreneur, educator and co-founder of Best Delegate , a rapidly growing education company with a goal of making Model United Nations a worldwide program in order to help this generation of students lead the world to a better, more peaceful, just, and sustainable future. Check out how EO Accelerator can help you. .

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. Most venture capitalists who have been in this business for a long time foresaw this correction and have been talking about it privately for the better part of the last year or two.

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