Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 26, 2022

Jay Steinfeld, the founder and CEO of blinds.com, spoke with Ramon Ray, founder of SmartHustle.com on the power of diversity and how he led Blinds.com to be so successful. Mr. Steinfeld is passionate about creating a workplace that humanizes employees and fosters creativity. Check out the podcast and Check out the video.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 9, 2020

Contributed by Shawn Johal, business growth coach, leadership speaker and co-founder of DALS Lighting, Inc. Make a list of the elements you miss that brought you happiness before this crisis—and figure out creative ways to build on those. Author Greg McKeown wrote an excellent book before the virus. Essentialism.

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StartupNation

JUNE 22, 2021

A brand’s representation of reality begins with and grows under the leadership of a company’s founders, its CEO and its top executives. Here is what you need to know to make an authentic brand come to life: The value of leadership. All in all, it was a remarkably successful evolution of leadership, values and brand.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Here’s what Tracy Call of EO Minnesota, founder of Media Bridge Advertising , which ranked No. I also have a physical “to do” book and a system for jotting things down and crossing them off that I follow religiously. Tracy Call is the founder of Media Bridge Advertising. 4,672 on the 2020 Inc. I go through my emails and texts.

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StartupNation

JUNE 15, 2021

Most people think of startup tech founders as a couple of people in their early twenties living in their parent’s basement or couch surfing somewhere while they work 20-hour days, stopping only for the occasional bowl of Ramen noodles. Census Bureau , and record numbers of startups in France, Germany, Japan and throughout the world.

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

this can be their moment as the tech industry’s investors, founders, and employees reimagine where they work, live and play. For many of those cities– who have been laying the foundational bricks of innovation and entrepreneurship in their communities for the last decade or more?—?this And that’s a good thing. That difference?—?the

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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 watch whether the CEO talks over other people or lets them participate.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 12, 2020

The founder of Sweb , a digital advertising agency, says, “we were showered with generosity, support, and most of all, hope. In Berlin, Karsten Warrink is an EO member and founder of AmberMedia who is grateful for the chance to share stories and experiences with fellow German EO members. I’m slowly working through the list now.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2021

Core Kupfer, founder of DealQeust – home to Weekly Conversation, Connection & Cocktails. Ivy Slater, CEO of Slater Success , offering strategy, leadership, and speaking services. Che Brown , founder of The Happy Entrepreneur Network. Diane Darling, founder Dianedarling.com. It gets my creative juices going.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 10, 2020

“I have worked inside the corporate environment and there are some aspects of the hierarchical chain that can blunt people of their creativity. And yet, every entrepreneur who I know went out on a limb, particularly founders. These are the four books he says have contributed to his growth as a business owner.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

By Les Pardew, founder of Mystery Escape Room. Nearly a quarter-million people, including more than half of the Fortune 100 companies, have participated in escape rooms to develop leadership, teamwork, and communication among employees. They are closest in the deductive versus creative area. A Gartner Inc. The Takeaway.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 25, 2021

Hosted by Dave Kerpen and Randi Zuckerberg , Rebecca shared insights from her upcoming book, Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success. Female Founders. Rebecca’s passionate about female founders and puts much of her energy and investments into the Female Founder Collective.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As the idea went from innovating on software & systems to launching a company to rolling it out in the field brought on Rahul Gandhi as his co-founder to physically launch the company. Sam & Rahul have worked closely together on “innovate & operate” since the earliest days of MakeSpace. Seriously, this happens.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The company launched just six months ago, has already booked $6 million of sales and is claiming astonishing conversion rates across the board, with 250 brands already using the platform, and corraling more than 1,000 influencers onto its platform. “I was head of growth and then VP of Marketing for a company called Bellhop.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Must-Read: 5 Leadership Traits No Entrepreneur Succeeds Without. There, I get important thinking, writing, and other creative work done with zero distractions. Navy SEAL commander, NYT/WSJ bestselling author , founder of SEALFIT and Unbeatable Mind ; follow SEALFIT on YouTube , Facebook , or Instagram. Mark Divine.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

It’s a one-day summit for founders who are in the first stages of growing their companies, who have built a product but don’t know how to monetize, and who have an idea but aren’t sure where to find the resources to turn it into a viable business. Yeah — a lot happened. International license.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Community impact investors, I think are more likely to want to be creative with you and to help you get what you need, because they wouldn’t be doing this if it was really just about money. Take a page out of Angela’s book. Angela: All of our investors are impact oriented. She’s doing just that, and you can too.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

I cover how I met founder Johnny Boufarhat, how the company started in 2019, what the early days were like, what it was like when the pandemic hit, what hyperscaling feels like, and more: What You Learn at a Startup that Grows from $0 to $2 Billion Valuation in 1 Year What You Learn at a Startup that Grows from $0 to $7.75 We pause hiring.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Written by Aaron Lee, founder & CEO at iluma Agency. After 10 years, I was still just “surviving” the creative agency I had always dreamed of building. My firm, iluma Agency is growing aggressively and profitably, with a strong leadership team and incredible focus. But that was just it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2021

James Nash is CEO and founder of inbeta , a tech-enabled talent specialist using data, social listening and human science to help corporations overcome bias. This is because diversity increases revenue, boosts innovation, sparks creativity and leads to better decision-making. Do they have the desired leadership qualities?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Jerry DiMaso , CEO and co-founder, Knarr Analytics . “In Insights gained from an effective analytics strategy can not only save you resources and time, but also broaden your customer base, increase productivity, and put your employees at ease by showing that leadership is educated and responsive.”. Prioritize.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

Those in leadership positions continue to wield their power to shape existing distribution channels. Just ask Westward Whiskey founder Richard Black: “When the pandemic hit, our business halted. I spoke with my friend Eran Lobel, Founder of Element Productions: “When the Pandemic hit, we were not caught on our heels. Commerce ??

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 20, 2019

I wanted to provide her with the tools and resources she needed to express her creativity and to provide for her family.”. On one visit to the city of La Esperanza, Rafael recalls stumbling upon a book of Lenca patterns. Rafael López is a 2018 YLAI Network Fellow and the co-founder and CEO of Malengu, a Honduran fashion brand.

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

To understand the importance of mentorship for startup businesses, we gathered insights from 16 experienced CEOs, founders, and industry experts. Trevor Ewen , COO, QBench Networking Through Mentorship Startups need all the help they can get—and often, a mentor will introduce a new founder to various contacts to propel them forward.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 27, 2016

They basically work towards filling your pipeline and booking meetings. When you agree on a message, you might even give them an account with the founder's e-mail alias to send messages from, because who wants to get an e-mail from an RPD (Recruiting Pipeline Developer)? Go find the right person yourself.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Specifically, the plan is to acquire interesting startups working on creative ideas, to complement what Babayigit describes as a particularly strong set of skills that Tripledot has gained in developing engaging monetization mechanics and scaling games. “Thi s fundraising is for M&A,” he told TechCrunch in an interview.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Alisee de Tonnac is co-founder and co-CEO of Seedstars , a Swiss-based group with a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, women founders receive less than 3% of all VC dollars. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Alisee de Tonnac. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 18, 2016

Whether that means working remotely from a coffee shop or moving to another part of the world, a new environment can be a huge boost to your creativity as a leader and can help expand your network. You will see big changes in your company’s growth and in your team’s leadership skills — you’ll just be viewing them from a distance.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 3, 2023

Vito Vishnepolsky , Founder and Director, Martal Group Customers Have Unpredictable Circumstances The customer’s buying journey does not follow a straight line. Cesar Cruz , Co-founder, Sebastian Cruz Couture Understand the Post-purchase Customer Journey Startup teams should look beyond the beginning of the customer buying journey.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2021

Satyam and Nishit (founders), who lead i2e1, cultivated an amazing culture where accepting mistakes was not punished but rewarded. Thanks to i2e1, my love for books came back. Prashant and I would often travel together back home in the Metro, read books while standing, and exchange what we learned from the books we read.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

Craig Cannon [00:00:40] – Matt Hackett, who is Casey Neistat’s co-founder. It felt like my whole life was consumed by this industry, when really, there’s more dimensions to me as a person, and also, what I wanted to do creatively. I was first drawn to you because you were posting these software videos.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitalists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. no-equity stipend + corporate pilot opportunities with our founders.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 20, 2024

When you have such a critical change in the platform structure, you need to rethink so much that it’s only going to happen if you have this very strong kind of top-down leadership. That didn’t require any kind of strong, decisive leadership as much as it just required paying attention to the market. Adam: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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