Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

The concept comes from a Stephen Covey book called “ First Things First ,&# which is a worthwhile book ( Wikipedia overview here ) but if you haven’t read his seminal book “ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People &# you should start with that. When I first discovered the concept I found it enlightening.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. The video industry will be disrupted just as books, newspapers and music before it. Our societal behavior is now to look up things we want to book or purchase at the point & time of need.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

But this year we’re folding TC Sessions, the standalone industry events that are traditionally held throughout the year, into the big annual tech event. Disrupt will have six industry tracks, each with its own stage, including AI , fintech , hardware , SaaS , security and sustainability. Prices go up May 12.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Create sustainable giving through social entrepreneurship. You can even create self-sustaining giving. ” 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.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Simplify Scheduling and Appointments If your business involves scheduling appointments or managing meetings, a simple scheduling tool can save you significant time and reduce the chances of double-booking or missed appointments. Acuity is ideal for small businesses that need to manage appointments, classes, or events that are laborious tasks.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

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. Each of these ‘unreasonable’ thinkers had an impact on me.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 19, 2024

MyEO is a unique EO programme that enables each EO member to curate their own tailor-made curriculum of groups and events that match their interests and passions, while connecting with other members who share them. Let’s explore how the 2023 MyEO Event that landed 53 EOers on Necker Island with Sir Richard came to be.

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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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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

TechCrunch Disrupt , the premier event for startup investors and founders, is coming back in 2023 with an enhanced new format. This year, we’re rethinking TC Sessions, the standalone industry events series, and merging them into the big annual tech event — which will once again this year be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It’s not about being rich, it’s about repeatedly building value What some people think will happen when you become a founder | source I love the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Small personal income until scale, IPO or liquidity event. It was my favorite growing up. Ask yourself what’s an easier path to wealth and freedom? ?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 27, 2019

Ryan Villanueva is an entrepreneur, educator and co-founder of Best Delegate , a rapidly growing education company with a goal of making Model United Nations a worldwide program in order to help this generation of students lead the world to a better, more peaceful, just, and sustainable future.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Embrace investor relations as an ongoing journey The companies with the strongest investor ties don’t view fundraising as a one-off event. Leverage these tips, synthesized from my in-depth conversation with StormX’s founders, to build investor relationships that fuel sustainable startup success.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

You’ll also often hear companies that started in coworking spaces praise the networking benefits of being in a shared space — team collaboration, events and close contact with people in other companies helps startups connect and grow. 1 event venue in Detroit by Hour Detroit! We’ve recently been named the No. Green Garage Detroit.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 28, 2020

After three eventful years , I’m excited to say that my new book— The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem , with Brad Feld —is officially available to the public today! It’s my first book, so this is a new feeling. It wasn’t always fun; writing a book of this nature is really hard work.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

The company focuses on helping customers navigate a crisis and a big part of that is run books, which act as playbooks for handling various crisis situations as they arise. Ross says that they are trying to position incident management as a business problem, rather than purely an engineering problem.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

However, it’s the recent events that hold particular significance for him. In Singapore, a global expansion base, Kim organized a Demo Day event for the companies in his portfolio looking to expand internationally. Kim finds solace in reading specialized books to expand his knowledge.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Having a sustainable and systematic customer acquisition strategy is an essential component of success for any organization, especially as a startup. Join local events in your community to increase word-of-mouth. Publish blog posts, e-books and other downloadable content, as well as an engaging newsletter. Host an event.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

We are also hearing chatter that Demo Day will be larger than ever before because virtual events are much more scalable.”. This results in operational cost reduction by eliminating the need to replace their existing fleet and yields a safer, more efficient and sustainable transportation system,” CEO Raghavender Sahdev tells TechCrunch.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 24, 2021

Peter Cimino echoed a key principle from Brad Feld’s Boulder Thesis in his book Startup Communities , that the ecosystem must be open to all. This has now reached the mainstream thanks in large part to Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway’s book, The Startup Community Way. The community should always be open to all. But that could be part of it!

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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. The startup is also ploughing money into developing what it bills as “sustainable” travel solutions.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 14, 2018

When people asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, he’d answer “rich, warm and first” because his family was poor; Eastlakes, Minnesota, is cold; and, because his dad had to work so much, they’d always be last to all community events and get only leftovers. A book is the best way to get your message out to the public.”.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 20, 2018

In the coaching industry, it’s easy to sell inspiring audio CDs, seminar tickets, books, and other tools to clients who are hungry for change. They buy every book and CD and will do anything to come up with the money make it to your next event, but they don’t apply what they learn. Inspiration. Personal development is a $9.9

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

Featuring topics like green infrastructure, new mobilities, sustainable tech, urban mobility The Fintech Stage: Dive into the evolution of monetary exchanges and follow the technology that is powering new ways of capturing and distributing value and wealth. Early Bird tickets are now on sale through May 12 — book your pass here.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Udacity said that part of the business is growing fast, with Q3 bookings up by 120% year-over-year and average run rates up 260% in H1 2020. Given Udacity’s growth, focus on sustainable business practices, and expanding reach across multiple industries, we are excited to provide this investment.

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Continuations

APRIL 8, 2022

The book consists mostly of a dialogue between a teacher (an astute and telepathic gorilla) and a student (a somewhat befuddled human who slowly learns how to see the world as desired by his teacher). The book venerates leaver cultures and despises taker cultures. Should we simply ignore our knowledge of the deep history of Earth?

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Inside sales teams selling $5-30K products can sustain a deal velocity of 3-8 transactions per month, depending on quota. For example, the software might have a base platform fee of $25,000 because it includes the first 150k events for free. Each marginal event costs $0.15.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

But while CEO and co-founder Amir Nathoo says his company’s new valuation is partially a reflection of today’s fundraising frenzy, he thinks revenue sustainability is a key factor in his company’s recent fundraise. How is edtech spending its extra capital? One of Outschool’s most ambitious goals is, ironically, to get in schools.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Not so long ago, Basil Peters wrote his book, “Early Exits,” after analyzing 150 young companies and their exits. Adjusting these numbers to fit your circumstance, the conclusion is that waiting for higher value after sustained growth becomes more and more of a risk in the majority of early stage cases.

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Continuations

AUGUST 19, 2022

I recently read Joseph Tainter’s outstanding book “The Collapse of Complex Civilizations,” which I recommend. We should have built an energy system with so much capacity that these events would just be blips that barely go noticed. It should be required reading for all politicians. Less energy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

A great leader has a strong sense for when the troops can do a big push and work hard for a sustained period of time and when the team needs a break. She can anticipate reactions to price increases or product changes by customers and she can sustain competitive challenges because she knows the customer will stick by her.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

The main driver for me to go into music was reading a book called ‘Empire State of Mind’ about Jay-Z,” Mr. Eazi told TechCrunch on a call. “I It’s an ecosystem that keeps feeding itself and growing to the point where it’s sustainable.”. based music startup Vydia.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Around 7,000 tech workers have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces or Territorial Defense Only last month, OneUkraine sprang up from a host of major European tech founders and investors, who plan to provide sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people. Deus Robotics Ukrainian Startup Deus Robotics secured a $1.5M It raised €2.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

helping them to handle things like booking and payments. Arcturus : A “climate data analytics” tool meant to help companies identify shortcomings in their sustainability plans, or help asset managers determine how climate change and new regulation will impact their portfolio.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

What challenges and success the initiative booked in the first six months, and how COVID-19 impacted the project. Traditionally, these metrics include numbers of entrepreneurs, companies, and jobs created in the region, as well as number of events hosted, attendees, companies involved and similar metrics.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

The event, which is hitting San Francisco’s Moscone Center September 19-21, 2023, will shake up the show you know and love. We’re adding six industry stages to the show, each focused on a distinct aspect of TechCrunch’s coverage: AI, fintech, hardware, SaaS, security and sustainability. Seriously, what are you waiting for?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Virtual Events. With physical events and conferences limited due to social distancing norms, virtual events made a huge comeback. The number of companies planning virtual events grew by 200% in 2020. 90% of the companies are planning to continue with virtual events even after live events are allowed.

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