Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Contributed by Alexi Cashen, an EO San Francisco member who is CEO and co-founder of Elenteny Imports , co-founder of St. Hildie’s Botonica, and host of The Alexi Cashen Podcast. The progress women in leadership have made over the past decade is energizing and generates hope and excitement for the future of female entrepreneurs. This historic shift is evidenced in a report published by Women Business Collaborative, C200 and Catalyst, which announced that the number of women CEOs has risen from 6

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

For the better part of the last decade, our field has greatly evolved. The concept of building networks of support, or what has sometimes been referred to as, forging “entrepreneurial ecosystems”, has been a key focus for many advancing the idea that innovation and entrepreneurship will be the future of not just our recovery- but the necessary inclusive pathway for economic advancement and wealth building for all.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Internet giant Google announced today that it has made the first investment from its Africa Investment Fund in Ugandan super app SafeBoda. The undisclosed investment comes two months after Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced the tech giant’s intentions to commit $1 billion over the next five years in “tech-led initiatives”, which includes a $50 million Africa Investment Fund targeted at early- and growth-stage startups on the continent.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 12, 2021

According to the weekly pulse data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau Small Business Pulse Survey , domestic supplier delays were reported by 46% of small businesses at the end of November, up from 27% reported a year ago. Further, those reporting the challenge to find alternate domestic suppliers more than doubled from 11% to 23%. Wherever your business sits on the spectrum, you’ll want to follow these tips to navigate supply chain disruption.

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Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 27, 2021

If you want to start a new business in the new year, then you’re not alone. According to QuickBooks’ New Business Insights report, 3 out of 5 (57%) US employees thinking about taking the plunge into entrepreneurship. And of these wannabe business owners, 20% will take the leap in the coming year, which will translate into around 17 million new businesses in 2022.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Dave Will, an EO Boston member, is the host of the EO 360° podcast. As the co-founder and CEO of PropFuel , Dave is a one-of-a-kind entrepreneur dedicated to creating a place for unique conversations with successful founders and business leaders. In a popular episode of the EO 360° podcast , Dave spoke with Kevin Stoller, EO Arizona member and co-founder and president of Key-Twelve , a company that builds furniture for innovative learning environments that foster collaboration and engagement bet

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

I grew up in a small town in north Iowa—Cedar Falls, to be exact. 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 consulted and trained dozens of local economic developers on entrepreneurship ecosystem building efforts, developing a unique understanding of the stereotypes and challenges associated with

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global players that translated to the continent’s best year of receiving venture capital. From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019. With high-profile visits from the most famous Jacks (Ma and Dorsey), a long-awaited first IPO by e-commerce giant Jumia and massive $100 million rounds, it was a sign of things to come for African tech.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. A combination of university talent pipelines, top-rated quality of life, growing startup ecosystem, and growing VC funding has Tree Town topping lists as one of the best places to start a tech company or find a top tech job. This is especially true if you’re working in tech industries that have roots in Michigan, such as mobility, advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The inspiring story of how a Hollywood star helped us enter US and global markets, and launch our new startup ‘Now, this is a story all about how, our animation studio got flipped, turned upside down… I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there… This is a story about our tech startup that I want to share!’ It all started in Rostov-on-Don, Russia in 2018 when my wife, Veronica, and I decided to combine our skills and efforts to produce 2D animation and founded the studio, V+ Animation.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The second week of December every year is Computer Science Education Week. It is a week to celebrate efforts to get computer science education into the K12 system around the world, and it is also a week in which schools do events, like The Hour of Code , to encourage students and teachers to get excited about learning computer science. Most AVC readers know that my passion project for the last decade has been getting computer science education broadly available in the NYC public school system.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Contributed by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky , an internationally-renowned thought leader in future-proofing and cognitive bias risk management and an EO 360° podcast guest. We asked Dr. Tsipursky to explain how companies can help employees adapt and thrive to hybrid return-to-office scenarios. Here’s what he shared: Organizations will need to pivot their corporate cultures if they wish to survive and thrive in the world of virtual collaboration after the pandemic.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Our final SourceLink Affiliate Quarterly Conversation of the year was packed with great information and fun. First, we congratulated affiliates selected to participate in the SBA Community Navigator Pilot Program including National Urban League , Nicolet Area Technical College , New Bedford Economic Council , Rochester Economic Development Corporation and Forward Cities.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. As we entered 2021, I wrote about the big question on every startup’s mind for 2021: How will a cataclysmic event such as a pandemic show up in post-pandemic innovation? Well, spoiler alert: We’re nearing the end of yet another pandemic year, and it seems like this state will be our world for longer than I’d like to predict.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Marketing automation is all about optimizing your campaigns to reap all the benefits of digital marketing. Investment for marketing automation technology is getting more sophisticated, projecting an increase of $25 billion by 2023. This staggering growth has been consistent since 2017 at an annual rate of 14%. This article will reveal 12 great tools that will easily help you automate your marketing process.

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Venture Well

DECEMBER 8, 2021

By centering STEM concepts and international collaboration in her curriculum, Dr. Delphine Dean of Clemson University is supporting future healthcare innovators. The post supporting student healthcare pioneers: a q&a with Dr. Delphine Dean of Clemson University appeared first on VentureWell.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In partnership with the PA WILDS Center for Entrepreneurship, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, an award-winning, tech-based economic development program, is looking for innovators with BIG IDEAS located in Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, or Jefferson County, PA. If you are developing or crafting a product, process or innovation related to the maker economy, outdoors and recreation, forest products, manufacturing, or technology, you need to apply!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In marketing, as in life, change is the only constant. Trends in marketing come and go—causing a burden of uncertainty that torments every marketer. What might have worked last year may not work as effectively now, if it even works at all. One marketing trend you’ve likely heard of is the use of animated videos—and videos in general. A highly compelling, profound and intriguing medium of marketing, animation holds the power to provide a massive ROI that maximizes leads and conversions.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 6, 2021

At Redpoint, we’ve been spending more time in crypto. The foundational layers of the next wave of technology innovation are built constructed today. In some ways, they parallel their forebears in classical infrastructure. In others, these businesses are completely novel. We met the Mysten Labs team ( Adeniyi Abiodun , Evan Cheng , George Danezis , Sam Blackshear ) and learned about their history developing technology for Facebook’s crypto infrastructure.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2021

A few years ago, VCs were expected to perform extensive due diligence on startups. Investors dove into financials, called customers and vetted founders. But power has now shifted toward the founders after a long run of investors holding more than half the power thanks to the commoditization of capital. The pace at which deals were done increased, and the time to reach what VCs love to call “conviction” fell sharply.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 22, 2021

E-commerce thrived in 2021, but if you want your brand to really take off in 2022, you need to focus on the data. Data-driven decision-making is the key to success in the modern world of e-commerce. If you want to turn your business into a powerhouse this upcoming year, you need data to support you every step of the way. Here’s how to make more data-driven decisions and move your business forward: Identify goals and KPIs.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Starting a business is easy – you just have to submit a few forms, get the required permit or license, and offer legitimate products/services. But making your business a success is altogether a different story. Leading people, making mistakes, feeling overwhelmed, and being criticized are a few of the many business challenges you have to overcome to turn your business into a success.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Scaling a startup is hard. Scaling a startup bank is even harder. Scaling a consumer-focused financial platform—that is also now the primary bank account for millions of UK consumers—in the midst of a once in a century pandemic is close to impossible. In April 2020, British banking startup Monzo’s revenue fell by almost 50%. But the company will end 2021 with revenues close to 2x its pre-pandemic peak, in spite of continued low interest rates, reduced travel, and depressed pandemic spending.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 6, 2021

On Friday, the US jobs report produced a confusing result. From Bloomberg : The jobs report is composed of two surveys — one of employers and the other of households. The employer survey, which determines the payroll and wage figures, showed hiring slowed across industries, including declines at automakers and retail outlets. The household survey, which determines the jobless and participation rates, showed employment surged by 1.14 million people and many came off the sidelines.

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The Seraf Compass

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Have you ever been disappointed by someone or by some product that you purchased? Nine times out of ten it’s due to not having the right expectations for one reason or another. Investments are no different from other purchases. If you are not clear on what you are getting yourself into, buyer’s remorse usually results. In early stage investing, we use a term to describe setting expectations… it’s called “Goal Alignment”.

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Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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