Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 23, 2021

Contributed by Jeff Meade, the founder and CEO of MEADE , a management consulting firm. Workers who aren’t continuously upskilled risk personal and professional stagnation. For example, I’ll send out surveys and ask employees to rate answers based on a scale of one to five. Now, it’s time to look forward again.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 21, 2024

For example, when competing siblings are each assigned a team, they may push their coworkers to outperform each other to impress their parents and receive the emotional award for that performance. For example, one sibling may be more risk-averse than the other, leading to conflict over financial decisions.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2021

“Climate change exacerbates the frequency and severity of natural disasters affecting millions of people and exposing businesses worldwide to numerous risks. What actions can businesses take to mitigate these risks and take advantage of new opportunities? Look for a future blog post detailing this important information.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here are the top blog posts EO published on Inc.com in 2023: 1. Set Goals Like Google: Why OKRs Surpass Other Goal-Setting Methods for Entrepreneurs Eric Crews (EO Boston), founder and CEO of management consulting firm Crews & co., Read the post for details on how to manage tough conversations in your company.

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StartupNation

MAY 23, 2025

Sign Up for The Start Newsletter * indicates required Email Address * /* real people should not fill this in and expect good things – do not remove this or risk form bot signups */ How to Start a Business for Less Than $100 Follow this guide to become your own boss , wallet-light but dream-heavy. A contract does.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The best case I’ve seen is our portfolio company Osmo who had already built the product but used crowd-funding to handle inventory management, supply-chain logistics and perfecting the final version of the product. And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

A facilitator can model what healthy repair looks like without being at risk of losing friends, a social life, and an advisory board. How can depth be achieved if the moderator isn’t able to lead by example? Let’s say as an example that the moderator is very comfortable with emotional risk and leads most exercises.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 2, 2019

When you read articles by busy CEOs on sites like Forbes or Entrepreneur, you might wonder how they managed to find the time to write the content. After all, if their daily workload is half what you are managing, they’d be struggling to fit in the hours needed to draft a 1,500-word, SEO-optimized article.

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StartupNation

JUNE 11, 2025

Sign Up for The Start Newsletter * indicates required Email Address * /* real people should not fill this in and expect good things – do not remove this or risk form bot signups */ Create New Versions of Your Existing Product One of the easiest ways to diversify your revenue is to create variations of your existing products.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Accurate forecasting informs your leadership team about the startup’s time and risk-taking capacity, facilitating informed decision-making. Risk management: Understanding your financials inside and out allows you to take calculated risks, enhancing the startup’s competitive edge. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 1, 2019

Understand the risks. There’s also the risk of malware, or more specifically a ransomware attack. These are by no means the only cyber risks your startup might face, but they are indeed major ones. Manage the human element. Insider threats are increasingly putting businesses at risk. We’ve mentioned data breaches.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2020

Although labor may be cheap, you can’t hire too many people and expand too quickly, or you bear the risk of biting off more than you can chew. For example, if you need a web developer to build the backend of your eCommerce platform, your candidate will need more advanced education and training than a social media intern.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. If you take money 180 days later then those investors get more information about how you’re performing and therefore face less risk. Photo credit: D.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

But they also take on issues in science, technology and management. Example from this morning was a quick discussion on the “Brexit” and wether the UK will exit Europe. I call this process “ triangulation ” and highlighted it that blog post I wrote on the topic.

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StartupNation

JUNE 11, 2025

Sign Up for The Start Newsletter * indicates required Email Address * /* real people should not fill this in and expect good things – do not remove this or risk form bot signups */ Create New Versions of Your Existing Product One of the easiest ways to diversify your revenue is to create variations of your existing products.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 2, 2020

none of it has managed to derail what has been a golden age of corporate profitability. For example: 1. It increases convenience, reduces virus risk, is more efficient and is cost effective. The post 3 steps toward agility and resilience appeared first on THE BLOG. Then it dawned on me that this too will pass.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 1, 2009

If you’ve read my blog for a while you’ll know that I’m a fan of starting businesses in a non-traditional way. But I would hate to not tell future entrepreneurs the truth at the risk of slightly upsetting some of my friends. I’ll use me as an example. Are you a leader vs. a manager? -

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

This blog post is not about debating if "enough" diverse founders get funding--whatever that might mean. The founder I just spoke to pitched Golden Seeds, for example, a group of experienced professionals that specializes in female founders. Conversations often start pre-product and pre-deck. "

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

For example, a sales manager is typically paid in part for the number of customers they bring each month. This helps you segregate customers based on the value they bring and reward sales managers commensurately. The post Tech Tools for Building Employee Retention appeared first on THE BLOG. Career advancement.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 12, 2022

To build that level of trust and transparency, it’s important to create a comprehensive onboarding plan and know which type of onboarding experience maximizes productivity, furthers cross-communication, and helps to reduce the risk of turnover. This helps to manage expectations and avoid overwhelming the new hire upfront.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Check out these seven ways that your employees could unwittingly compromise your organization’s cybersecurity, as well as some of the measures you can put in place to mitigate the risk. Whilst being able to work on the go might be good for employee productivity, using public wi-fi is not without cybersecurity risks. Surfing the web.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 16, 2017

By Silka Gonzalez, an EO South Florida member and CEO of Enterprise Risk Management, Inc. While many regulators today are pinning more accountability on top management, why wait for regulators to hiss at you with their menacing fangs showing to make the change? appeared first on THE BLOG. Yeah, that’s why.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Most organizations use a patchwork of tools to manage processes. From CRMs to helpdesks, project management platforms, and beyond, it's down to IT to manage those apps, assign seats, and monitor their infrastructure. Common candidates include server provisioning, software updates, user access management, and data backups.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 3, 2025

Challenges and risks of AI integration Real-world examples of AI integration by department 6 steps to implement AI business integration Integrate AI into your workflows smoothly with Zapier What is AI integration? Or, let's say you're managing a content team. Table of contents: What is AI integration? Learn more.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

For example, blockchains as they were originally architected are public by default. More users will feel comfortable self custodying their assets in software they control and managing the keys that provide access to their assets themselves. That is where the risk has been in the web3 ecosystem and what we need to move away from.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 7, 2021

Child development training helped me learn to manage employee emotions. For example, for a friend’s birthday recently, my son wanted to give cash instead of our usual gift-card approach. “ Taking risks and trusting your intuition are critical in entrepreneurship. There’s value in acknowledging emotions. “I

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2018

The online retailer Zappos is often held up as an example of having a solid culture, with the notion that the company culture is what drives the excellent customer service that the brand is known for. Little risk taking. Risk is important to success. Without risk, there isn’t reward. appeared first on THE BLOG.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 5, 2025

"For example, our customer service AI would correctly identify product issues but miss important contextual factors like customer tier or previous interactions." " He continues: "Take the AI-powered recommendation engine we use in our eCommerce platform, for example.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Despite the initial confusion, building a CRM in Google Sheets can be a surprisingly effective way to manage customer relationships (and slightly less terrifying than whatever Skibidi Toilet is). That way, I don't have to manually re-enter or risk misspelling customer names. Learn how to do this in the next section.)

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 14, 2018

When you’re managing a business and trying to grow it, being able to lead a team to greatness is key. The best entrepreneurs and managers are people who are open to new experiences, ideas, opinions and information. People who are focused lead by example and inspire their employees. Written for EO by Jackie Roberson.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 31, 2017

In the first part of this blog , William shared how to assess your needs for capital and explains potential sources for raising it. Not every entrepreneur has the depth of management that enables them to step away and concentrate wholly on fundraising. In this example, debt financing (purchase order lending) makes the most sense.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 18, 2023

19 Strategies for Managing Risk in a Startup In this article, we explore nineteen different strategies for managing risk in startups, shared by founders, CEOs, and other industry professionals. This way, we made more informed decisions and reduced the risk of failure. is for a very specific type of company.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

For example, Maestro ’s founders partnered with PEVCtech to organize a dinner strictly for Partner/Principals of PE/VC firms. Note that this has minimal financial risk, because if we don’t attract a crowd that we both think is worthwhile, we just cancel and the restaurant refunds any deposit. You can also sponsor their events.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2023

Our goal is to help clients with everything from token launches and community building to social media management and PR communications. For example, when we launched our crypto and NFT marketing agency , we created a strong brand that people could trust. and more articles from the EO blog.

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StartupNation

MARCH 30, 2021

Believe me, managing a late-stage startup brings an entirely new set of thorny problems. If you read books and blogs that offer encouragement to first-time founders like you, you’ll see six points emphasized repeatedly: Related: How to Overcome the Self-Sabotage of Self-Doubt. But excessive focus comes with risks.

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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.” This is the 85% scenario for these people and my discussions with them is usually, “what is your minimum nut you could afford to take a risk at a startup vs. wanting the upside potential?”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2021

Thus, to avoid disastrous gut-based decisions, we need to use effective decision-making and risk management techniques to select the best options. The post Defending your organization from misinformation with neuroscience appeared first on THE BLOG. That applies to business and other life areas.

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