Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

They: Accept that time is a precious and fixed resource Know how to separate urgent from important Align their top priorities with their core purpose and or core values Don’t book 100% of their time; they value rest and relaxation Constantly look for things that they should stop doing Are selective about the people they give their energy to.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

I used to believe that one of the reasons for this phenomenon was that a different venue or culture offered me a change in perspective. Over the years, I have consistently noticed that I get many new and different ideas when I travel away from home and get out of my regular routine.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This not only played out in entrenched ideas about office culture, but also impacted recruitment and hiring overall: You relocated for your job, and the company and you had to go through a major visa process to do so. And more often than not you were required to relocate to specific tech hubs like the Bay Area. .”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

He’s also a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, sits on the boards of several startups, is a many-time entrepreneur himself, and was previously an exec at GE and Intel. A cultural gulf has opened up between the realms I call brains and brawn. Whatever terms you prefer, it’s time to bridge the gulf and reframe the dichotomy.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

Management always sets sales budgets that roll up to a number beyond the actual board budget. You can book them at budget hotels – but don’t go too far. And when you get their forecasts they’re always sandbagged. And they know that you play games back. Sales people are smart – they know this.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Apple and Rackspace use the employee Net Promoter System (eNPS), a metric that is picking up traction, as Fred Reichheld, the intellectual father of the NPS, mentions in his book The Ultimate Question 2.0. The frequency you choose depends on what’s going on at your company and the pace of change within your culture.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 11, 2020

And seeing them hit their stride, find their passion and thrive in our culture is beyond fulfilling. I also have a physical “to do” book and a system for jotting things down and crossing them off that I follow religiously. Weaknesses are no longer obscured by “culture.” This has been my greatest joy in being an entrepreneur.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 27, 2020

Plus, a culture of inclusion translates into a happier, more productive workforce. Your core values tout a culture of inclusion. A great book I’d recommend for more shrewd businesspeople: The Diversity Bonus. The book makes a compelling case for the business value of diversity, especially in knowledge work.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Contributed by Robert Glazer , the founder and chairman of the board of Acceleration Partners , a global partner marketing agency and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2023

Contributed by Robert Glazer , a former EO Boston member who is the founder and chairman of the board of Acceleration Partners , a global partner marketing agency and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In his book YES IS THE ANSWER. How Faith In People and a Culture Of Hospitality Built a Modern American Restaurant Company, Mitchell shares the keys to his company’s 25 years of success: including a steadfast commitment to a nurturing culture, a “people first” philosophy, and the humility to recognize reckless and ego-driven decisions.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

He brings knowledgable experts from varying points of view but never books anybody that engages in yelling matches. I haven’t read the book nor deeply reviewed Project Aristotle but the conversation on this morning’s show really resonated with me. I have a board meeting coming up this week and I just reviewed the agenda.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Diversity in the workplace starts with an inclusive culture. Done right, an inclusive culture should help to foster a sense of belonging and shared values. The words you choose to bring your business to life will make the difference: Words are influential ambassadors of your workplace’s culture.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Research suggests that denying negative reality is a principal cause for Boards of Directors to fire their CEOs. That creates an organizational culture which facilitates an easy shift to full-time remote work for all employees when the need arises. Conclusion.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 14, 2022

After the video of his speech went viral, McCullough went on to write a book, also titled You Are Not Special. Contributed by Robert Glazer , a former EO Boston member who is the founder and chairman of the board of Acceleration Partners , a global partner marketing agency and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

In a mere 10 years as millennials and Generation Z become more prominent the cultural changes they will drive will cause more awareness en masse of: lowering ones carbon footprint. eliminating herbicides & pesticides. eating natural, organic fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs & lettuce year round – even in cold climates.

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StartupNation

JULY 13, 2021

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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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

After numerous discussions we held the line and all agreed as a board that profitability was much more important than chasing new markets and that perfecting our systems and methods was critical before we expanded and just increase the scope of our problems to solve. If I could close with some advice for startups and boards ….

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

Had we waited for an outside bookkeeper to finish doing the books to know where we stood each month, we might not be here today. The organization serve as an informal business advisory board. What would our culture look like? When it was a matter of business life and death, I practiced daily cash management. I certainly did.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

I wish more startups were rigorous in defining market needs and competitive differentiate versus throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks but it seems as an industry we’re breeding the culture of the latter. If you publish a book, how do you get on the NY Times best seller list? Simply write a great book?

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Gust

JUNE 8, 2014

Experts on this subject, including Yael Zofi, in her book, “ A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams ,” has identified eight key characteristics of high-performing virtual teams that I have observed, and every startup founder should understand and enable: Members exhibit a global mindset – they look outward, not inward.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

How to win consulting, board and deal roles with PE and VC funds. In many ecosystems outside of the major tech hubs, founders face cultural, legal, reputational and other hurdles to building a successful tech company. David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 29, 2020

This article originally published on the Center for American Entrepreneurship Ideas Blog My new book with CAE Advisory Board member Brad Feld published yesterday. As the economy evolves from an industrial-era hierarchy to an information-age network, intangibles—knowledge, cultural norms, relationships, etc.—are

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While at the company — and especially once she departed — Claire became one of the people I always hoped to add to a cap table or startup board. So instead she wrote a book , coming out March 7th, and available for pre-order now. You need to codify a set of principles and behaviors and then cohere to them, culturally.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Excerpted from “Culture Ignited: 5 Disciplines for Adaptive Leadership,” by Jason Richmond (Ideal Outcomes, Inc., But a crisis is exactly when CEOs and boards most need what a cohesive executive team offers—strong partnerships, shared vision, and mutual accountability. September 2021). . . Crisis planning.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 2, 2023

Cultivating team belonging and organizational culture Our brains are not wired to connect and build relationships with people located in small squares on a videoconference call, they’re wired to be tribal and connect with our fellow tribe members in face-to-face settings. Similarly, it’s best to handle in-person any human resource concerns.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Rocket often followed the Blitzscaling model popularized by Reid Hoffman — earning them an appearance in his book of the same name. Finding the right balance between keeping costs in check and not underinvesting can mean doing things more slowly than your board would like. billion market cap), Zalando ($21.2

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy founded theBoardlist , a premium talent marketplace that helps diverse leaders get discovered for board and executive opportunities. A technology executive and entrepreneur, board member and investor, she has 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon and Yodlee.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

Guy Raz’s book “ How I Did It ” unpacks the journey of so many entrepreneurs. A partner can be a great sounding board as well. Not a mentor, not a paid consultant but a sounding board who’s directly invested into the growth of YOUR (and their) business. Do they have the same cultural fit as you?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

As a company matures, though, the CEO’s role typically shrinks more and more, until they only have three jobs left: Set the culture for the company. For board members, there’s usually a lot more strategic, ongoing investment. Hire the right people to build the company. Whatever you do, don’t run out of money.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

These things, in turn, exert a determining influence on our culture.”. A 2012 study of company performance showed that more than 150 listed German firms excelled when they had at least 30% women representation on their executive boards. Even more interesting, another study argues that women make better board directors than men.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The case of Theranos is a symptom of this very problem: It’s important to note how a culture of world-changing products drives aspiring and existing entrepreneurs to think that there’s only one way to build a business in today’s climate. Former Theranos CEO and founder Elizabeth Holmes is now facing criminal charges.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We chose the word “upfront” to represent our culture. A great leader knows when there are team rivalries that need to be settled and when some team members need to be let go because they are breeding a bad culture internally. It’s why I was always critical of the “acquihire culture” at places like Yahoo !

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2016

Later, I went to a Quaker high school that was a boarding school, although I was a day student. New Belgium is admired for its culture of engagement that you formalized in 2013 when you sold the company to your co-workers. In 1995, I read The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack who is a father of the open book management movement.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 6, 2017

Reading a blog article here or in HBR article there, a business book or an academic paper only goes so far because these summaries of knowledge lack one key ingredient. How do you determine if someone is a good cultural fit? Worklife is nuanced. Many times, the questions that arise will be entirely novel. What questions do you ask?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2011

If I bring them on board now, how do I not reduce the motivation from those that I have already hired? Culture matters. Along the same lines as aptitude I would say that “company culture” matters. As times get tough you’ll value this culture. It’s a must read and has great advice on building a company culture.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

Instead of putting the onus on customers to roll up their sleeves, he suggests that SaaS startups learn from cryptocurrency culture and find ways to “incentivize users to do the necessary work to have the right experience.” It’s nice to see some other cities put points on the board.

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