Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 22, 2016

How did you take advantage of a health scare and turn it into a successful business? I signed up for the half-marathon at the EO Global Leadership Conference in Athens, Greece, in 2014, and I started training on the streets of Delhi. One evening, I developed a wheeze. I was willing to try anything for my health.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 12, 2023

According to the National Institute of Mental Health , nearly one in five U.S. Thankfully, as mental health continues to lose its stigma, more founders are opening up about their experiences. The well-being of a founder is not just a personal matter; it’s intrinsically linked to the health and success of their business.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 7, 2021

At that moment, it became clear to Rifai that pursuing a career as a doctor united all his human health interests: psychology, activity, and nutrition. From there, it became his mission to find “a method and a system that works in the real world” to prevent poor health and early deaths. Although it was his passion, it was no easy feat.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

million in grants from Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes for Health (NIH). ” “For us, it is an honor to be able to invest in companies with the vision and leadership that Respira Labs has.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 23, 2020

EO members are helping to drive the MillionLives.org project, which aims to deliver Personal Protective Equipment to front-line health workers. The lack of sufficient PPE supplies for front-line health workers emerged as the problem the group was best positioned to address. Written for EO by Molly Nur.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 2, 2024

NJ’s Strategic Innovation Center will support 100 new companies over next five years, generating at least 2,500 new jobs NEWARK, N.J. HAX, a startup development program for pre-seed hard tech companies, with offices across the world, supports startups and entrepreneurs through investment capital, mentorship, and collaboration.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We’ve all embraced video calls, whether it is with our work colleague or our physician, but for developers, it remains a challenge to build both real-time audio and video features into products. The company provides APIs so developers can add those features into products or websites using just two lines of code.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 31, 2022

It can also influence how leadership and directional structure align. Excluding investment sources creates a new manifestation of development capacity and vision that’s much more narrowly focused. These varied interactions create a well-rounded team with innovative thought processes driven by a greater volume of inputs.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 13, 2021

David Horwitz, former Global Chief Medical Officer of Johnson and Johnson Diabetes Institute, will help guide strategic and development roadmap. Read more here.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Nestled within this multifaceted R&D stronghold encompassing IT, BT, CT, and NT sectors, Pangyo Techno Valley hosts an array of startups, SMEs, and large corporations dedicated to biotech innovation, gaining international recognition for their groundbreaking technologies. This drug has been developed in China under the name ACC008.

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Impact Hub

JULY 22, 2020

Self-Leadership in order to shape positive change. Self-leadership is an integral part of leadership; and that involves everyone, not just the people who are directly on the team. Leadership begins with each of us acknowledging that we have a valuable contribution to make towards shaping positive change.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 15, 2024

By fostering open communication, actively listening to all sides, and seeking win-win solutions, you can turn conflicts into opportunities for growth and innovation. Chad Bellin , Co-Founder, Disca Leverage Startup Culture’s Flexibility Startup culture, often hyped for its dynamism and innovation, can be a double-edged sword.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Greater Good Health , a Nurse Practitioner-led model, offers a senior-centric experience through a range of services to their senior patients. The three-year old healthcare startup is partnering with health plans to increase the number of primary care practices, particularly in underserved, and often, rural communities.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 27, 2023

That data helped my clients develop a fair compensation plan that paid staff a higher salary if they spent more time in the office. Another idea centered on helping staff address burnout, such as by providing mental health benefits. Doing so helped address the first two Horsemen, resistance and attrition.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

Cure , a functional hydration brand, is entering a new phase of its growth that includes nearly quadrupling its retail presence from 2021, rounding out its leadership team and closing on $5.6 Our product tends to skew female, which is pretty unique, and tends to be a very active health conscious consumer.” million in Series A funding.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Ecosystem Building Leadership Project (EBLP) is an initiative to advance the entrepreneurship ecosystem building field of practice. After a several months of collaborative online exploration and development, over 70 volunteers convened in Indianapolis in early September to move the project forward. What would that look like?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Silicon-Valley based VC firm 500 Global and German’s economic development agency Gesellschaft fu?r 500 Global said the participating accelerators were picked based on experience, length of existence, leadership positions in their markets and track record — some of their graduates must have raised follow-on capital.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 7, 2019

Research and development can take decades. Ascend BioVentures, a pharmaceutical accelerator company, helps Oklahoma’s early stage therapeutics advance through the riskiest early stages of development. Leadership is critical to a venture like Ascend. It’s really difficult to invent new drug therapies. After earning her Ph.D.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 4, 2024

This first AI-powered SSPM assistant developed by the AppOmni OmniScience team propels SSPM into new dimensions, simplifying security operations and issue remediation, and helping organizations secure mission-critical SaaS environments.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

They amplify the work of local makers, doers and innovators by championing their efforts and rallying support around them. They build a culture of trust and collaboration among stakeholders, so that the doers and innovators have equal access to information, talent and resources when they need them. Season 3: Burn both ends.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Under Glenn’s leadership QYOU Media has also become the foremost authority on brand engagement on popular short form entertainment platform TikTok. QYOU’s process of bringing together world-class strategy, creative development and talent selection leads to incredible efficiency when compared to other marketing methods.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

million in a round led by Boston fund One Way Ventures for its longevity company that will leverage AI to maximize people’s health span. PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel invested in Unity Biotechnology , which is developing drugs to treat diseases that accompany aging. Google backed the launch of Calico in the space.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

Senator Todd Young (R-IN) spoke with a16z General Partner Martin Casado at the American Dynamism Summit about the importance of open innovation and American leadership in AI, and why we need to support AI research at all levels — from the classroom to the war room. Here is a transcript of their conversation: Martin Casado: Great.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Both organisations share a deep-rooted commitment to innovation and social impact, and together, they are forging a path towards positive change. Bottom trawling, sewage dumping, and destructive practices have taken a toll on the ocean’s health. Purpose takes precedence over profit, and collaboration over competition.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 7, 2019

In recognition of International Women’s Day on 8 March , EO is focusing on female founders and women in business who represent this year’s theme, “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change.”. It develops as you discover your passion, hone your talent, follow your intuition and take time to be curious and reflective.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

with co-investment from OSF Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, and Dreampact Ventures. million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The competitive NIH SBIR program funds early-stage small businesses seeking to commercialize innovative biomedical technologies.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The theme of this year’s  World Mental Health Day  on 10 October is “Mental Health is a universal human right.” Even Tony Soprano was seeing a shrink “Mental health was taboo in Central Europe until not long ago. When I was growing up, there was a big stigma around mental health. This has changed in my generation.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 18, 2022

Deafness in early life, if left unaddressed, is associated with poor development of spoken language and higher unemployment rates in later life. After a joint research collaboration phase, Boehringer Ingelheim will be responsible for further preclinical and clinical development, and commercialization. About Autigen.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2023

That change in outlook affected my health, inviting more “misfortune.” Thankful Thursday Another habit I developed is now known as Thankful Thursday. Business problems and other life responsibilities in 2007 took control and made some days outright bad ones. My tone changed from upbeat to downbeat. I use a few prompts for this.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Husk is committed to powering households, but our focus is first and foremost on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and public institutions like health clinics and schools. The company plans to have additional technological and business model innovations, and the use of AI and IoT to remotely manage its fleet.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

ROAR seeks to ensure each member of the community understands the correlation of a balanced ecosystem and human health. As such, though challenging, I’m finding innovative ways of engaging stakeholders and donors to fund the cause. What is your role in your community? I serve as a resource within my community.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Circularity tales: Accelerating the transition in Rwanda Impact Hub Kigali is a dynamic and forward-thinking innovation hub in Rwanda, dedicated to fostering sustainable business practices and social impact. Each startup was paired with a sustainability coach to guide them in applying circular economy knowledge to test their innovations.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

To develop a commercially viable DNA storage platform, Catalog is reducing the amount of chemistry and increasing the amount of automation required for DNA storage and computation. The size of Shannon is like an average family kitchen, according to Catalog.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

In this fireside chat from the American Dynamism Summit with a16z General Partner Ben Horowitz, Maryland Governor Wes Moore discusses his inspiring journey to the statehouse and how his experiences have shaped his leadership. that there has and continues to develop to be this negative connotation for people who are signing up for these roles.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 25, 2020

Reducing waste in fashion requires “upcycling” materials in new, innovative ways. Many new projects and changes had to be postponed in order to follow public health guidelines. A lot of clothes don’t make it through the entire process of finding a new owner and then end up in the trash, creating waste. We are evolving.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 17, 2022

Although customers tighten the purse strings in a recession, reducing prices doesn’t always serve the long-term health of companies or the needs of customers. A recession is a great time put the effort into reviewing HR needs, developing thoughtful job descriptions, and doing in-depth interviews. Skip the race to the bottom.

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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.

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