Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 11, 2022

Emma Allen is active in the Charlotte, NC chapter of EO Accelerator , which empowers first-stage entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to catapult their business to the next level. EO staff member Cydney Melton asked Emma about her experience. In 2013, Allen went into business in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 11, 2023

Every twist and turn of his arduous journey served as a crucial preparation for the defining purpose of his lifetime: Solving educational and employment opportunities for South Africa’s youth. These injustices ignited Justinus’s drive to take action and create a profound and lasting impact on his country.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

Fostering these entrepreneurs and the economies they impact is a direct result of ACA’s mission to fuel the success of angel investor community. ACA members and groups enjoy unprecedented education and networking opportunities, brought to them by the trusted authority in angel investing.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

Fostering these entrepreneurs and the economies they impact is a direct result of ACA’s mission to fuel the success of the angel investor community. ACA members and groups enjoy unprecedented education and networking opportunities, brought to them by the trusted authority in angel investing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 16, 2022

I’ve also had the opportunity to hear from and speak to major business thinkers, including Jim Kwik, Peter Diamandis, Brene Brown , Simon Sinek and Warren Rustand. Immersion in a peer-to-peer learning environment provides a space to be real in all aspects of your life. It comes down to exposure, collaboration and accountability.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

Launched the ACA syndication pilot with current ACA peer groups and a new deal-sharing platform. In the coming year, the ACA will be launching a new membership management system which will greatly improve the member experience and allow for more control over communications and membership management. Identify like-minded investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

Despite the huge and sustained growth in digital advertising (or maybe because of it), there are virtually no tools where a marketer or growth leader can understand their performance and spend across channels, nor where they can share best practices and insights with their peers so the platforms are at an information advantage. no surprise?—?that’s

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Access to capital and network is the most critical barrier to entrepreneurship for underserved communities. The New Roots brand represents a startup program for entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities that started in London (Impact Hub King’s Cross) in 2019 and has now scaled to Munich.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 26, 2021

This is where finding a peer group – an entrepreneurial community – can be a huge benefit. The right group will provide an education, networking opportunities, accountability, and will banish fears that you don’t have what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur. . What to Look For in an Entrepreneurial Community.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

They learn how to assess startups’ products, management, market opportunities and business models; how to perform due diligence, evaluate an investment pitch, and make informed investment decisions. SDAC is about community building as much as portfolio expansion. in 17 startups since 2019. To learn more, visit www.thesdangels.com.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. I grew up in a small town in north Iowa—Cedar Falls, to be exact.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 9, 2021

Understanding the difference between equality and equity is a great way to start thinking about treatment of others in your community and in your business. Should students who come from marginalized communities or lower-income backgrounds receive more support than those who don’t? Let’s consider educational costs.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

This event, heralded as the industry’s flagship, convenes a diverse community of new and experienced angel investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurial minds to explore critical topics and trends in angel investing. Here are a few benefits that can be experienced by attending this dynamic event.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

The company’s services are targeted toward LGBTQ+ people, their families, and allies — or as Dayilght describes it, “values-based consumers who want to support the queer community.”. At the same time, many members of the community also have lower income levels due to “continued workplace discrimination.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Yet, as I mark five years leading the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) as its CEO, it’s a good time to reflect on five key insights gained from such a remarkable community of business founders. How can I help them grow as individuals, and help us grow as a community? It is a time that has tested many of us.

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Impact Hub

JULY 14, 2021

For the second year in a row, Impact Hub joined forces with GoDaddy for another edition of New Roots, a business startup and mentoring program for entrepreneurs from underserved communities. The program was piloted in 2019 by Impact Hub King’s Cross in London and it was focused on supporting migrant and refugee entrepreneurs.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2020

There is another mechanism that ecosystem builders can use to have a huge impact connecting their communities—create and maintain an online hub of information about your startup community. While the engaging, heartwarming stories about entrepreneurs are great, we also need to share the more mundane happenings in our community.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And we are now thrilled to call him a peer as he joined EO as a member, not only meeting but vastly surpassing the qualifying criteria. . And we are now thrilled to call him a peer as he joined EO as a member, not only meeting but vastly surpassing the qualifying criteria. . Meet Brandan Ranaldi, a 23-year-old student entrepreneur.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2021

Insights and lessons from peers around the world are the key benefits of EO membership. . The opportunity to meet personally (or virtually in 2020) with a group of trusted entrepreneurs who run a variety of businesses, to be able to share experiences, and to be able to learn from each other in a safe and trusted environment is second-to-none.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 5, 2023

It’s also an ideal opportunity for entrepreneurs to share experience, inspiration, and the challenges you’ve overcome to make your business a success. It’s Small Business Week in the US, April 30 – May 6, a time to celebrate entrepreneurs and startups for their big ideas and their unrelenting drive to bring them into reality.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The echoes of inspiration are still reverberating after the US Central region hosted its annual regional event, EO XCentric 2023 in Detroit, from 2-4 October 2023. Under the theme of “Amplify”, EO members were encouraged to go bigger, bolder and better as disruptors and doers as they explored the heartbeat of the Motor City that birthed Motown.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Social commerce doesn’t silo our retail experiences from the rest of our lives; rather it leverages the power of community and connection to create opportunities in everyday life through social networks. Using social commerce to foster communal growth. And this sense of communal belonging affects the way they buy.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Surrounding yourself with diverse teams means being exposed to a lot of different perspectives and creates learning opportunities not possible when everyone you deal with professionally looks and acts like you do. Different groups communicate differently—and it’s important to find objective common ground around language, goals, and risks.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2021

Valence CEO Guy Primus says that the organization has almost 16,000 community members and, recognizing that getting hired was just the first step in a long journey, the company wanted to find a more concrete way to help its members. How do the companies they work for make people feel welcome and included, rather than isolated?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2019

Brannon is also enjoying the perks of being part of a peer group such as EO. The combination of networking and educational opportunities that a peer group provides ensures members have access to top-level development. Getting plugged into the local business community has been an eye-opening and extremely positive experience.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 15, 2022

They create an environment where you can form real, meaningful connections that last a lifetime, and participate in a community that’s larger than yourself. This online group included an amazing 4,600 new friends who expressed curiosity about becoming part of EO’s global community. (We That is our Global Leadership Conference (GLC).

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

We reached out to Brianna Ellison, director of community engagement for Verizon, as part of our initiative to bring the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program to Michigan entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners. What work is Verizon doing in the Detroit/Michigan community to help small businesses? Brianna Ellison.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 24, 2020

A member of the EO Cincinnati chapter, Alex explains, “We stick by our employees, their families and the communities in which they live and work—in the good times and the tough times.”. We need to create a peer group of people committing to not laying off employees and support each other through these crazy times.”.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Small Business Networking Groups : A very significant resource for entrepreneurs and small business owners is the opportunity to meet peers as well as client prospects. The former may share knowledge and experience, while the latter may place the business on a path to revenue growth and other opportunities.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Our strategy for accomplishing this is to focus on new firms led primarily by underrepresented VCs, back them meaningfully, and support them via a community of peers, advisors, and institutional LPs. When 10 of us founded Screendoor in 2021 this was the plan. In today’s vast venture capital landscape, it’s ALPHA!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2020

We can flip through the news on our phones about which countries imposed travel restrictions, and which offices and services in our communities are no longer functioning. EO members whose businesses are coaching, strategic planning and consulting are offering free services to help their peers get back on their feet.

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Dream It

JULY 24, 2020

This presents a huge opportunity for startups. This is your opportunity to highlight it for them. Build credibility with peers The security community is a tight-knight one. To keep an organization safe, a CISO depends on as many as 50 to 100 different products. Keep in mind, this spending is planned and budgeted.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

At these shows-within-our-show, you’ll engage with smart, driven founders, and investors and members of your community, and have the opportunity to cross-collaborate with leaders from other industries. What’s new at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023? That’s certainly true for the Builder Stage.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 18, 2021

I strongly identify with EO’s core value of Thirst for Learning and take advantage of every educational opportunity that comes my way. Natasha Miller is an EO member in Los Angeles, and founder and Chief Experience Designer of Entire Productions , which designs, plans and produces incredible event experiences both virtually and in person.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

MAY 21, 2021

As part of the Insights from the Field campaign, I wanted to hear from other ecosystem builders in the field about their approaches to DEI, and hopefully identify specific techniques that they’ve incorporated in their communities. Kate Jackson, an ecosystem builder in the Chicago area, described the ‘why’ of this beautifully.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. Right here. 1) Your school. school of engineering). school of engineering).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Take stock of your current team: Which groups are underrepresented in your organization (eg, members of the LGBTQ+ community, disabled folks, Black individuals) and at what levels of the company (eg, junior-, mid- and senior-level)? While you rarely hear about one without the others, conflating them would be a mistake.

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