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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

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Effectively communicating your startup’s impact metrics to investors can make or break your funding opportunities. Post-round, the same metrics framework became our quarterly board template, saving hours of prep. Outcome: Oversubscribed round (+40% over target) closed in six weeks. Tips for other founders: 1.

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RFQ | Consulting Partner for Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Metrics & Capacity Building

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E3 Durham combines hands-on business navigation services, cohort-based training, and an innovative "learn-to-earn" incentive model that helps entrepreneurs access subsidized business services. Final Deliverable: An Ecosystem Vibrancy Indicator framework, a shared Airtable dashboard template, and a guide for quarterly and annual tracking.

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From Corporate to Construction: How My Career Pivot Reflects a Trend

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But more importantly, my journey is part of a larger movement— white-collar professionals like me swapping cubicles for hard hats and discovering untapped opportunity in the trades. I wanted to be in control of my destiny, and franchising gave me a framework to do that without betting it all on a completely unproven idea.

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EO’s framework for sustainability: How EO will become net positive by 2030

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Yiannis and his company helped to develop a sustainability framework for EO to manage its environmental and social impact, and inspire EO members to engage with the organization’s sustainability agenda. The following is a summary of EO’s sustainability framework. EO member engagement is key. Want to share your story of sustainability?

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My Role as a VC: What I am and what I am not.

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That also means that I need to act in a way that ensures my ability to get future opportunities to invest their capital in attractive deals. I believe that ethics and opportunity for investors will go hand in hand over the long term--and opportunity drives returns. Venture Capital & Technology'

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New Year, New Entrepreneurs: Five tips for supporting early-stage entrepreneurs ?

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They could be seizing upon an opportunity to make their business ownership dream a reality, exploring an idea that creates positive social change, or they may be acting out of necessity because of a change in circumstances such as the loss of a job. Early-stage entrepreneurs, like all entrepreneurs, have their own set of unique needs.

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4 Benefits of a Branded Podcast and Why Now’s The Time to Launch Yours

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A branded podcast is a podcast produced by a company to increase brand awareness, generate leads, create thought leadership and grow an active user community. Branded podcasts give companies the opportunity to connect directly with their audience in an authentic, non-promotional manner. What are branded podcasts?