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How my 15-year side hustle became my lifelong dream

Entrepreneurs' Organization

EO OneWorld will add value to EO by attracting more EO members from the Black, Hispanic/Latino(a)(x), Asian and LGBTQIA+ entrepreneurial communities. Back in the early 1990s, I was a married father of two very young children working as an investment banker in a small, boutique firm. My first entrepreneurial opportunity. Doubling down.

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Want to get in front of a VC? Be a little creative--human even.

This is going to be BIG.

Since I launched my fund , I've gotten around 50 offers to work with me. I set up an event at NYIT that is essentially just free, open feedback on ideas, prototypes, startups, etc. I remember this one time when I was working at my startup near the Shake Shack. For some reason, everyone wants to be a VC. Yet, nobody.

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How We Amplified to Go Bolder: EO XCentric 2023 Recap

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The echoes of inspiration are still reverberating after the US Central region hosted its annual regional event, EO XCentric 2023 in Detroit, from 2-4 October 2023. Investing in yourself as a leader pays back 10x at work and home. Attending XCentric each year is one of the best investments I have made in my EO journey.

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Why it’s ok to ditch perfectionism and focus on GETMO to achieve balance

Entrepreneurs' Organization

explores practical wisdom and a humorous take on the lessons learned from balancing business, life and family across her 28-year entrepreneurial journey. Running many businesses, projects and organizations simultaneously, I empowered my young daughters to be independent from a very young age. Work with lists.

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How to Become a More Efficient CEO (and a Happier Human Being)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Years of 14-hour days, working weekends and on holiday caught up with me. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less ” by Greg McKeown showed me a whole new way of looking at work. I now had a clear idea of where I was spending my time well and where I was frittering it away. Something had to change. Took the most time.

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Running a remote-first startup: Do’s and Don’ts

Entrepreneur's Handbook

We’ve been a remote-first startup from day one at Uizard ?—?since Yet you might wonder how to make sure you build the right environment and set up the right processes for your team to work efficiently. In this blog post, I’ll share what we learned setting up our remote-first startup. Why should you trust the way we did it?

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Vikrum Nijjar: Engineer #1 at Firebase and Founder of Gold Fig Labs (YC S19)

Y Combinator

If you’re looking for your next job, visit YC’s Work at a Startup to find engineering roles at over 500 funded YC startups. In the early days, I started by working on improving our engineering rigor and automating our deployment process. Ryan: And what was it like working on such a small team? It’s really endearing.

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