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EO members share 9 lessons learned from childhood entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Kym Huynh, an EO Melbourne member, EO Global Communications Committee member, and co-founder of WeTeachMe. Kym is fascinated by entrepreneurs and their journeys, so he asked EO members from various chapters to share their experiences. Read his earlier posts on what EO members wish non-entrepreneurs knew about entrepreneurs, how EO members define success , the impact of core values , lessons learned from their best and worst partnerships and the best advice they’ve ever received.

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How To Build Your Startup’s Founding Team – A Guide

Feedough

Trust me when I say this – startups live and. Read more. The post How To Build Your Startup’s Founding Team – A Guide appeared first on Feedough.

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The Customer Is Always Right” Is the Most Misunderstood Phrase In Business

Entrepreneur's Handbook

You’ve probably even used it wrong yourself Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Office Hours with Carilu Dietrich - Marketing for Hypergrowth Companies

Tomasz Tunguz

On October 18th at 10am Pacific, Office Hours will host Carilu Dietrich. Carilu headed corporate marketing for Atlassian from $150m to $450m in revenue & through their massively successful IPO. Since then, she’s advised Segment, Kong, Miro, PagerDuty, Bill.com & 1Password, among many others. Needless to say, her vista across many leading SaaS companies marketing practices is exceptional.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

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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In-person vs. virtual onboarding: Which is best for your team?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When the world largely shifted to remote work as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, almost no one could anticipate all of the changes the shift would bring. One of the biggest changes occurred in onboarding. Now that a growing number of companies across the globe are fully remote and businesses are hoping to increase new hire productivity, it’s critical to have an established onboarding process for new employees.

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What Drives The University Of Michigan’s Entrepreneurial Success

HPA

In preparation of speaking at the Michigan Tech Week (MTW) on October 12 and 13, I discovered so many connections to the University of Michigan (U-M) that I decided to dig into what powers U-M’s entrepreneurial success. Seemingly everyone knows that the University of Michigan (U-M) is the world’s leading public research institution. What’s not as widely known is how Ann Arbor has a storied and growing entrepreneurship ecosystem that shows no signs of slowing down.

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Even after doing Techstars and an interview with YC I could not raise capital for a new business

Founder Bounty

VC funding is hard. Very hard. The chances of you raising are very very small and dont be surprised if you dont get it. Even after being through techstars , plug and play and building Europes first ondemand fuel business , we could NOT raise money for chefr (an eCommerce platform for restaurants). Even having an interview with YC we still could not do it.

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The Secret Hack to Ethically Hustle Your Way to Instant Sales

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Shake up expectations and play your customers’ preconceived notions Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Fast Forward Venture Studio to build African startups from idea to scale

TechCrunch

Opeyemi Awoyemi , one of Nigeria’s well-known serial founders, is back with another outfit. It’s not a tech company this time — Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in 2016) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform — but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio. Awoyemi choosing this route is quite interesting, especially as many African founders either launch syndicates or venture capital funds post- or duri

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Thai e-commerce platform Konvy raises $10m to accelerate expansion

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Konvy , a beauty e-commerce platform based in Thailand , has announced raising $10 million in a Series A funding round that will help accelerate its expansion and hiring. The funding round was anchored by Singapore’s Insignia Ventures Partners.

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Paid Subscriptions Aren’t Enough. Why Substack Should Build An App Store

Hunter Walk

Helping Writers Monetize Their Free Readers More Effectively By Opening The Platform Up (and Taking a Cut). Consider me a fan of Substack. Yes, I disagree with aspects of their content policies (and occasionally wince at the arguments they make to defend said choices), but the company founders fundamentally want to see writers do their best work and make a great living in the process.

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GCUC North America is headed to Chicago

GCUC

We are hosting GCUC North America in the windy city- Chicago, in 2023!!! Why Chicago you ask? Middle America is easy for most to. The post GCUC North America is headed to Chicago appeared first on GCUC Community.

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Orlando has all the ingredients to be the next big startup hub

TechCrunch

There’s much potential for Orlando to be what Austin is to Texas, what Atlanta is to Georgia — a booming hub where startups flock from around the world to dream, innovate and grow. The numbers are already showing potential: New PitchBook data found that in the first half of this year, a little more than $360 million was invested in the Orlando-Kissimmee metro area, way more than the $144 million invested in H1 last year.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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BreachQuest’s Gordon on Reimagining the Cybersecurity Incident Response Process

Jason Malki

I had the pleasure of interviewing Shaun Gordon , CEO of BreachQuest. Shaun Gordon is the Co-Founder and CEO of the cybersecurity incident response startup BreachQuest. Shaun brings a blend of entrepreneurial and financial leadership to his role as he leads the company in its mission to reimagine incident response and drive down breach cost. Shaun previously served as founder and managing partner of AGI Partners, a private investment firm with the core objective of building outstanding mid-sized

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#50. Meet the Entrepreneur Who’s Helped Launch 1000 Companies and Counting w/ Julian Weisser

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Learn from the CoFounder of On Deck Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Welcome to the Entrepreneur’s Handbook Podcast, where we share inspiring startup stories and practical takeaways for you, the listener. In this episode, we welcome Julian Weisser onto the podcast. Julian is a cofounder of On Deck. To date, On Deck has assisted in the launch of over 1000 companies with a combined worth of $8 billion.

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GCUC UK 2022 Recap

GCUC

GCUC UK 2022 was a smash hit. We had an amazing time connecting with owners, operators and industry players from across the globe. We. The post GCUC UK 2022 Recap appeared first on GCUC Community.

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Quantori is building an app development platform focused on life sciences

TechCrunch

Life science businesses like big pharmaceutical companies have a singular set of needs when it comes to building applications. Their models and algorithms tend to be more sophisticated and data-intensive than most industries. Quantori , a Cambridge, Massachusetts startup, is building a platform-as-a-service tuned specifically to the needs of this vertical.

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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South Korean edtech startup CLASSUM scores $11m in funding

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register CLASSUM , a South Korea-based B2B SaaS company that provides and interactive learning platform, has announced raising $11 million in its pre-Series B funding round. The funding round was anchored by Dunamu & Partners and participated by Silicon Valley-based Big Basin Capital and South Korean investor Pearl Abyss Capital.

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Brandalism: How To Protect Your Business From Public Shaming

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Give your customers the chocolate they want with 6 prevention tactics. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Unvarnished Feedback: The Advantages of Using a Customer Council

The Seraf Compass

The customer council is one of the best kept secrets of product management and company strategy. Unlike an advisory board, with specialists who often have a closer relationship with the company or even a personal relationship to the CEO, a customer council consists of ordinary users who can give their unvarnished feedback on the product directly to the company.

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Carbon accounting platform acquired by Sage as ClimateTech heats up

TechCrunch

Spherics , a UK-based carbon accounting platform for SMEs to understand and reduce their environmental impact, has been acquired by accounting giant Sage. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but it’s understood Spherics had raised £1.25m in equity financing from angel investors and £300,000 in grants. Spherics was a smaller startup playing in a similar space to larger ones which include Normative, Plan A, Klimametrix.global, Persefoni and Planetly.com (other carbon accounting players, like Wate

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Your Fractional Finance and Accounting Team

Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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Singapore NFT startup Gomu secures $5m in Seed funding

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore-based non-fungible token (NFT) infrastructure startup Gomu has announced raising $5 million in a Seed funding round that will power NFT liquidity incentives and commerce. In a statement, the company said the funding round was backed by venture investors Coinbase Ventures , Defiance Capital, Saison Capital, and several angel investors.

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How to Create the Least Horrible, Most Profitable Business

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Most businesses are unpleasant to operate, and make far less money than their founders would like. Here’s the exception. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Semente Verde: the bloom of Bissau’s impact ecosystem

Impact Hub

As one of the largest networks for entrepreneurial support, Impact Hub continuously grows in different ways, shapes and colors. One of them is through what we call seed programs. With support from partners that believe in the power of social entrepreneurship to transform communities, we are able to bring Impact Hub’s vision of inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale to all corners of the planet, providing the grounds for interested local changemakers to engage and flourish in an empowering

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After selling his last startup to Google, this founder now wants to automate mundane tasks with Relay

TechCrunch

Some seven years after selling his previous company to Google, Jacob Bank is preparing to launch his next project, this time with a focus on automating mundane, repetitive tasks. Bank was previously cofounder and CEO at Timeful, a smart scheduling app that helped users make better use of their time through automatically prioritizing their various commitments.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!