Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

After years of Forum, leadership training and learning events, I realized: Entrepreneurs tend to be the least comfortable in the “self” and “soul” areas (myself included). When it came time to design a theme for EO’s 2022 Canadian Regional Leadership Summit, I knew I wanted it to focus on the soul. It’s a real phenomenon.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2019

Can you imagine them talking about it later at a networking event? Similar to the longer form posts, try to think of sharing something meaningful that you want people seeing when they search for you—like why you started your company, what’s important to you about this business, or something specific about your leadership style.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collinss book, BE 2.0 Culture is Strategy This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). Check out the previous post about how luck favors persistence. Absolutely.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

The phrase needle in a haystack is commonly credited to the book Don Quixote from the early 1600s (“needle is a bottle of hay”) but there’s also a Fujian proverb “To dive into the sea, to feel for a needle” that is thought to be even older and gets to the same point. First, a piece of literary history.

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Revolution

MAY 4, 2022

Convening with CEO and co-founder Ryan Simonetti By Steve Murray and Patrick Conroy , Partners at Revolution Growth Convene’s London location at 22 Bishopsgate In 2018, Revolution Growth led an investment in Convene , an emerging leader in flexible work, meetings and events, and premium venues.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

When I worked at Salesforce we had “city tours” in which a senior exec on our team would fly to a city in America (eventually globally) and host an event with customers and prospects. Building a community goes well beyond hosting events. And then came March 2020 and events globally were being cancelled. Derek founded Bevy ?—?a

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 6, 2025

Real-World Applications Recently, while preparing for my inaugural AP Catalyst event (which connected angel investors, portfolio companies, and private equity firms), I consulted my virtual board about maximizing the event’s impact.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Lay the groundwork before the event and apply to become a speaker or invest in a tradeshow booth. Get involved with non-profits where CEOs serve on the board, attend their galas and events, and get to know the leadership. CEOs may resonate with a higher-end content strategy such as white papers, books, or even a branded podcast.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 We scaled from 20-person meetings with 4 startups to 150-person events with 12 startups all while improving mentor engagement and impact. Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). The flexibility for mentors to engage how they wanted. The result?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

For the LA event, for example, they will not only have a selection of great LA VCs but also 10+ senior VC women from the SF Bay Area will be coming down for it. Mentorship / Modeling Behavior An important part of leadership is being a role model for those who may come after you to look up and say, “If she can do it then why can’t I?”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 30, 2021

He worked crazy long hours for over eight years, often missing important family events and skimping on sleep and healthy eating. and Million Dollar Women (Amazon best-seller, winner of Axiom Business Book Award). He’s also the author of The Happy Leader , a leadership fable about transformation in business and in life.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Don’t miss a first-of-its-kind event co-hosted by EO and YPO Live: Leading@Scale with Verne Harnish on 22 February 2022 from 2:22pm –5:22pm ET. The qualitative data will guide your senior leadership team on how to react to the quantitative data. How does your manager’s leadership style impact on your productivity?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Marina’s other posts include 7 Ways to Maximize your Global Speakers Academy Experience and Will We Meet at EO’s Global Leadership Conference this year? Joe Frost (EO Nebraska) : I had spoken in small group facilitations, in front of a classroom of students, and as guest at community events. Entrepreneurship is a blend of many skills.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 27, 2016

They basically work towards filling your pipeline and booking meetings. 2) Create events that your target hires want to attend. Certainly, hosting an event about how awesome your company is probably wouldn't work. That means thought leadership--and helping each other to hone your stories.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

Mentors bring valuable knowledge from their entrepreneurial experiences that you do not readily find in books or online courses. These events can be excellent opportunities to meet potential mentors who understand your business challenges and help with professional development.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 3, 2024

As an EO strategy summit facilitator, I have witnessed first-hand the value of these events for the community. A facilitator’s job is to steward a leadership team of decision-makers. It stuck with me, as I strive to do it for events but had not heard it called by that term. The other 99 percent? Alignment.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2018

Alice Mann’s latest book, Future First: How Successful Leaders Turn Innovation Challenges into New Value Frontiers is an important read for any business leader or entrepreneur who wishes to embrace global challenges as innovation opportunities. Why did you write this book? It was like a disaster zone. But it was real.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

My general take is that it’s far worse than it used to be in terms of engagement and some people have for sure abandoned it—but it still really doesn’t have a replacement when it comes to timely events like news or sports. They can also be purely informative, like lists of events or resources you’ve discovered. Hope to see you there.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 9, 2022

She’s a woman entrepreneur whose second book, How Does She Do It? I also host big, glamorous and fun events. I never played team sports in school, and I never held leadership positions. I trust that my book, How does she do it? will become a bestseller, and I already have some ideas for my third book.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 13, 2020

In his book The Innovation Stack , he recounts how he and his cofounder, Jack Dorsey of Twitter, approached the problem of credit cards with a new perspective. In your book, The Innovation Stack , you talk about the difference between and entrepreneur and a business person. When everything affects everything, you have a dynamic system.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

As the field of entrepreneurial ecosystem building has started to grow over the last decade a few books dedicated exclusively to the topic have become valuable sources of information for ecosystem builders. I suspect many ecosystem builders will find the final sections of the book the most rewarding.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

Our offerings, whether it be financial coaching, an online course, event, or workshop, are all geared towards helping Jamaicans make smarter decisions and create thriving financial lives. I booked my first two coaching clients five months later — exactly a month shy of running out of savings.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 20, 2023

EO Europe’s 2023 regional event, EO Unlimited Barcelona, from 18-20 October, attracted more than 180 members from 46 countries to hear 14 speakers and make countless impactful connections. The event featured dramatic social venues, from casual hangouts to black-tie gala dinners to beachside bashes. Intrigued by this recap?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 1, 2020

Books by Marianne Williamson. .” With an eye toward the future, each of the speakers shared their suggestions for finding motivation and inspiration: As a Man Thinketh by John Allen. Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl. First Round Review from First Round Capital. Real-time podcasts on your specific sector/industry.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 9, 2019

We’re bringing EO members and non-members behind the scenes of 2019 EO Global Leadership Conference Macau (GLC) as we profile the event’s emcee, Pascal Finette. If you are feeling stuck in the current paradigm (don’t fret, I was there, too), may I suggest reading Cal Newport’s book, Digital Minimalism ?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 1, 2022

Kids’ birthdays, holidays, Sunday dinners and all those wonderful family events that we celebrate throughout the year. The downside of talking business at a family event on the weekends is that there is no meeting pulse. Structure your business meetings. Yes, even with family, your business meetings require structure.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 31, 2023

To address socializing needs, it’s valuable to organize fun, team-building exercises and social events as staff come back to the office to build relationships. He wrote the first book on leading hybrid teams after the pandemic, his best-seller Returning to the Office and Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams , as well as seven other books.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 12, 2019

In today’s Octane blog, we bring EO members and non-members alike behind the scenes of 2019 EO Global Leadership Conference Macau (GLC), profiling Leonard Brody, one of the event’s carefully selected speakers who is known as “a leader of the new world order.” and what to do about it.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In his newest book, “The Practice: Shipping Creative Work,” author and entrepreneur Seth Godin provides the roadmap for all creative people seeking to implement change in the world through their work. The Practice” is a little book packed with lots of wisdom. In the book, Seth teaches readers how to: Find their passion.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

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. TravelPerk said its business is now being valued at $1.3

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

” Piyush’s book, Lead Your Tribe, Love Your Work: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Creating a Culture that Matters , reinforces how to lead by example by giving to your employees. “The book—as well as my speaking events—are really focused on how to transform the lives of your employees.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 14, 2018

Attend workshops, conferences, seminars, trade shows or networking events or regularly read books, magazines, newsletters, reports, blogs and more. Great leadership can, eventually, lead to great business growth. Other options? They know when to recognize when a circumstance is out of their control.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, HoneyBook’s leadership team was concerned about the potential impact on their business and braced themselves for a drop in revenue. Members booked more than $1 billion in business on the platform in the past nine months alone. . Since its inception, service providers across the U.S.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

There is a theory about agile leadership that has been advanced by a number of business book authors, and this CEO’s method fits within that concept. Execution agility , where members of the group inspire the organization to execute in a new direction and adjust course as events unfold. The lesson is powerful but simple.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike believes the reason AltaVista didn’t become Google ( despite their market leadership position ) was because they didn’t focus on search. Hashable is saving very important information for its users and creating a multipurpose address book of the people its users interact with. Why AltaVista Failed To Become as Successful as Google.

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