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Waterborne Wonder: Getting to Know Antonio Lennert

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Antonio Lennert , a member of EO Canada Bridge, is an entrepreneur, designer and community builder. He is the co-founder and CEO of Surf the Greats , Canada’s largest brand and community for surf education, adventure and lifestyle on the Great Lakes and beyond. Canada is not known to be a surfing hotspot,” said Lennert.

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In-person vs. virtual onboarding: Which is best for your team?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Meanwhile, the benefits of in-person onboarding are also notable: Employees gain a better sense of company culture from the start More opportunities to bond with coworkers The ability to ask additional questions by simply walking over to a colleague The company being able to physically see how the onboarding process is going.

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Why Emmy Award-winning documentarians focused their lens on 5 GSEA student entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

We wanted to tell a story of people from all different parts of the world, with different upbringing, backgrounds, and cultures. Foster: “The students’ companies were the product of identifying a problem in their local community and looking for ways to address it. GSEA has that; it stood out from other competitions.

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Conscious fashion promotes traditional Panamanian artisans

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

She was raised with a love for her cultural heritage, appreciating the charming indigenous traditions and the beautiful artwork. She saw a need for local artisans in this community to be given the same opportunities as those in the modern industry. A cultural heritage uncovered. Importance of a nation’s cultural heritage.

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12 Strategies for Boosting Team Productivity in Startups

Startup Blogpost

Jean Smart , Founder and CEO, Penelope Foster Autonomy and Purpose At Salarship, our secret strategy for increasing team productivity is to foster a culture of autonomy and purpose. Community management played a pivotal role in our marketing journey. It’s amazing what a little ownership can do.

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Learnings of a CEO: Max Rhodes, Faire

Y Combinator

Outside of the YC community, little has been documented on best practices to be an effective CEO. We’ve experimented a lot: strategy docs, all-hands, documenting our 5Ss (the five most important initiatives across the company), and OKRs. What is Faire’s culture? There are pros and cons with OKRs.

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Investing in Ideogram

Andreessen Horowitz

There is no culture, country, nor period of human history where creative expression hasn’t been central. Each of the many documents, presentations, missives, notes, and posts we do in the course of our days would likely be more effective — and certainly more enjoyable to receive — if they were aesthetically interesting.

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