Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 5, 2020

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is proud to support International Women’s Day (IWD), which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political contributions of women. Beyond this, I think women who are able to channel their emotional intelligence into leadership can truly thrive and push past their competitors.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

How profitable is my product or service? What sized team can I afford in order to sell, market & provide service to these customers? Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Corruption threatens the economy by discouraging investment and trade. It hinders the development of a fair market, distorts competition, deters investment and increases the cost of doing business. Corruption poses a significant obstacle to the rule of law and can damage people’s faith in democratic systems.

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Revolution

MARCH 8, 2023

population, but in 2022, companies with solely female founders garnered just 2% of the total capital invested in venture-backed startups. One of the ways we can start evolving the conversation is by asking founders questions centered around the business itself…As a leader, I welcome questions on our business, growth metrics, and strategy.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

How to Run a Company With Two 10-Minute Weekly Meetings and Post-It Notes Barry Raber (EO Portland), a serial entrepreneur and CEO of real estate investment firm Business Property Trust , shared his insights on how to keep team meetings short and sweet with an effective system that fosters collaboration and engagement. I guarantee it!”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Entrepreneurs and business executives are culturally obsessed with maximizing business growth. Consider these smaller-time benefits as you determine your growth strategy: 1. Not to mention, higher-quality products or services often pair with higher profit margins and a larger bottom line. Well said, Renée!

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. Supporting the growing roster of programs also required more administrative overhead to solve legal issues, track investments and support cross-program communications and learning.

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

But sometimes the CEO takes the initiative to recruit an absolute gem and that was the case with ResQ , a software startup servicing the hospitality owners and service/repair vendors. The best companies and cultures seem to have figured out this balance over time despite scale – but it is hard.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 22, 2023

No strategy → no focus → no improvements → no differentiators → no happiness in what I do → back to employee mode. Without a strategy, one might temporarily enjoy the comfort of a well-established business with a waiting pipeline of potential clients, coasting on inertia. My 2023 strategy: Mentoring triangle of strength.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 16, 2022

Must-read: How to Staff a Strong Culture on a Shoestring Budget. To enable working remotely, you need to develop an asynchronous work culture and make sure employees can work in their preferred location. Employees should have time to invest in creative projects that will simultaneously develop the business.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 16, 2025

Vlad isnt just your average founderhes a serial entrepreneur, investor, and someone whos spent over a decade building successful service companies and SaaS startups in SalesTech andMarTech. It wasnt just about creating a product or service; it was about launching a platform where our ideas could thrive and make a difference.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 14, 2024

After years of working in strategy and marketing, I realized that I wanted to channel my skills into a venture that aligned with my values. What were some of the biggest challenges you faced early on in your startup journey, and how did those experiences shape your leadership style? I’m Swayam Doshi, the founder of Suspire.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Four Pillars of Governance Best Practice (strategy, culture, accountability and compliance) still underpin governance in a startup context but they are applied differently than on an established corporate board. Strategy is everything for a startup company board. Take part in startup investment due diligence.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Our other big news is that we hired a president ( Kane McCord ) in the past six weeks, which is cool to have the reinforcement on the leadership side.”. As a result, the new funding will be used to scale with current customers and accelerate further investment in R&D of its AI systems and automation capabilities.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Ben Boissevain is the founder of Ascento Capital , a boutique investment bank that provides advisory services for M&A, capital raises and valuations to technology companies in the U.S. It should also include more intangible aspects, such as vision, culture and strategy. Ben Boissevain. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion. The hearing, “The Legacy of George Floyd: An Examination of Financial Services Commitments to Economic and Racial Justice,” specifically addressed the negative economic impact of systemic racism in the financial services industry. VR training programs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

How to Run a Company With Two 10-Minute Weekly Meetings and Post-It Notes Barry Raber (EO Portland), a serial entrepreneur and CEO of real estate investment firm Business Property Trust , shared his insights on how to keep team meetings short and sweet with an effective system that fosters collaboration and engagement. I guarantee it!”

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In our recent conversation, Linda reminded us about the importance of management, the pros and cons of different cultures, and how one can manage and thrive in each. It is easy to be a micromanager, but instead what really helps is service-level leadership where the people under you don’t need you to tell them how to do their job.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

IHH Healthcare also made an investment into the startup, without disclosing the amount. Its platform offers telehealth coaching, services like therapy or psychiatry and mental health screening that can be done online or in-person at an Intellect clinic. IHH Healthcare is Intellect’s first strategic investor.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In short, it’s turning discrete banking services into microservices. Another €30M for Marathon Venture Capital : Based in Athens, Marathon just stacked extra chips for its investing activities. The leading music streaming business in the world has yet to roll out a higher-priced, higher-quality tier to its service. Here’s why.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 30, 2016

Furthermore, can a passion for fixing society’s toughest problems co-exist with a culture that commits to the bottom line first? Ai-jen, a social entrepreneur and co-founder of the National Domestic Workers’ Alliance, has opened up valuable services to millions of clients through legislative changes.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

In doing so, the founders realized that while companies like Twitter were able to build these bespoke tools for their employees, there were no comparable services on the market for all of the smaller companies that weren’t able to dedicate entire development teams to internal tools. “We looked at what else was available. .”

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 30, 2023

That helped ensure we had a short feedback loop from our users and ensure our resources were continuously being invested in building the right features. The Serviceable Available Market (SAM) of our initial product was roughly only $20MM, but we believed it would allow us to expand into more critical parts of the mortgage ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Meddy CEO Haris Aghadi and COO Abed Alkarim Khattab will join Helium’s leadership team as part of the deal. They will “play integral roles in Helium’s execution of its GCC strategy and operations.”. The company could have built out these services but acquiring Meddy presented a better option due its expansion play.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

To take that lesson and scale it, Church is launching a new product, available today, that will connect leadership teams to an HR executive who will help craft a company communications plan, a diversity and impact analysis, and day-of support in conducting the layoffs. 10 steps for managing layoffs respectfully.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Third on the list is the digital challenger or a company that has a more proactive technology use strategy. Lastly, there’s the digital native or a business that has an integrated digitalization strategy and is focused on continuous innovation. Modernization areas businesses are investing in. Widening the digital divide.

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abovethecrowd.com

JANUARY 30, 2015

BHAGs serve as a rallying cry for the company culture, an ambitious target for the future, and a focusing tool for corporate decision-making. Of course, Uber is not the first company to choose a corporate strategy of price leadership. As we turn the page to 2015, Uber has a new BHAG, and it’s name is UberPool. A Quick Look Back.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 19, 2023

Becoming a climate neutral company requires a shift in thinking from leadership to employees. The internet’s impact on the environment You already may have considered your company’s carbon footprint, but you may not have thought about the environmental costs of your company’s digital use and web-based services. Don’t worry.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

From CEO to investment banker to CEO. She also spent a decade in investment banking, rising to managing director of the technology group at Piper Jaffray. She went into investment banking as she was settling down to be a parent. The banker was under the impression that the company was simply an answering service.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Michigan is now the state with the highest growth in VC investment. Robotire is an automation startup that uses robots to replace tires in under 15 minutes during vehicle service appointments, in order to reduce wait times. They are committed to diversity and invest in the education of their employees. InvestNext.

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HPA

APRIL 7, 2020

Wipfli : Features resources tied to business topics, including a section focused on talent and strategy. Creating a Supportive Work From Home Culture (Blog). Objective Paradigm created a resume drop for displaced employees to help with resume building, search strategies and other resources. Talent Resources. Talent Resources.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

ABOUT IN THE VAULT “In the Vault” is a new audio podcast series by the a16z Fintech team, where we sit down with the most influential figures in financial services to explore key trends impacting the industry and the pressing innovations that will shape our future. Follow this show on our podcast feed so you don't miss an episode.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

That has mainly meant really figuring out how to be a leader and continuously refining my leadership approach as the company has grown. I don’t profess to have it solved, but I’ve learned a great deal about how to scale my leadership approach that I didn’t know back when we started Greenhouse. This is still very much a journey I’m on.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2022

Sometimes a startup falls apart because the founder leads a shitty culture, but sometimes venture capital’s incentives can lead to a messy product spree. The startup story within the war in Ukraine continues to evolve, with companies in the financial services sector having an especially crucial role and set of decisions to make.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Too many well-funded teams are lighting VC dollars on fire with strategies that neither reach their target audience nor deliver cost effective acquisition?—?funding Here are two Web3 user acquisition strategies that, if done properly, can be a great area of focus on when the market is down. In my experience, this is a mistake.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Dataiku has taken a leadership position helping enterprises put massive datasets to work at unprecedented speed and creating a culture of AI focused on delivering compounding business results.” There’s signs VC investments in AI startups are cooling. ” The bump in the road comes as something of a surprise.

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