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Salon Owner Chelle Neff Talks Scaling, Sustainability and Success

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In addition to developing Urban Betty , a successful salon with two locations, Neff also created an app for stylists , produced a book about homes in Austin, Texas, and even reached the Inc. You also have an impressive array of side projects—from books and apps to philanthropic and environmental initiatives. 5000 list twice! .

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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

To put that timeframe in perspective, here’s a picture of analyst me taken at USV’s first office in 2005, dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt versus a picture of me, a GP at my own firm, over 100 deals later, now on my latest Zoom board call from my couch at home with my junior analyst of about a year and a half.

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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. Contributing to Sustainable Development.

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TravelPerk adds $115M to equity and debt Series D, discloses unicorn valuation

TechCrunch

SME-focused business travel booking platform TravelPerk has topped up the $160 million in equity and debt it raised last in a Series D last April with an additional $115 million — closing out the round at $275 million. The startup is also ploughing money into developing what it bills as “sustainable” travel solutions.

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mPharma, a telehealth pioneer out of Ghana, gets physical with 100 virtual centers across Africa

TechCrunch

“We saw this as an opportunity to leverage our pharmacies as virtual doctor offices so that patients could get examined remotely during a virtual consultation. and Daniel Vasella, ex-CEO and Chairman of Novartis are members of the board. This is what makes mPharma’s telemedicine unique,” Rockson told TechCrunch.

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Surviving and Thriving Post-Pandemic in a World of Constant Digital Transformation

StartupNation

They sought case studies and examples of successful companies they could model, anticipating their boards’ reaction to the digital transformation plans they were considering: “Has this been done before? Of course, these boards were missing the point. . Bird in hand, they said! The result?

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Lessons Learned from Mike Koenig on EO 360

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Mike taught himself to code at age 14 and started working in his own business, full-time at 16, consulting other business owners on technology and helping them meet their digital needs. A book is the best way to get your message out to the public.”. As I stated before, Mike is a 13-time, no. 1 best-selling author.

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