Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

This article was originally published on 17 March 2016. By Karen Summerson. I was fortunate enough to attend The Aspen Institute Forum on Women and Girls: Conversations Across Generations last week with EO DC member leader Marsha Ralls. On the heels of EO’s successful #WOMENtrepreneurs campaign and a published conversation with Associations Now , this opportunity seemed to be a timely continuation of the larger conversation surrounding women’s role in contemporary economics.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Imagine you’ve just been named the head of a bustling New York City restaurant challenged by one issue - customers complain about the customer service. A data-driven person, you search for a metric to evaluate the current customer service to validate the complaint and then track as you experiment with the restaurant’s operations. What metrics would you employ?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

I’ve had this conversation many times. A friend calls me up from: Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, wherever and says, “I’m thinking about moving to Los Angeles (or SF, NY, etc) and I’d love to start interviewing. Let me know if you hear of anything interesting.” I usually slip into counsel mode and tell them it’s a lost cause unless they’re truly committed to living in that city and if they are they should move there first and job search second.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Everyone who manages a company or its sales force wants to write as many new deals as possible, and is usually warry about doing anything that might threaten the positive outcome of a pending sale. So, it is common practice to leave an offer containing a discount open, following up. Deadlines are an important sales tool. periodically to attempt to nudge a prospect into signing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

This story was originally published on Ashoka’s #LeadYoung website – EO and Ashoka encourage readers to share their own stories on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #LeadYoung. Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, has revolutionized the livestock industry. By putting herself in the place of the cattle, she developed a series of equipment designs and a simple rating system to help the industry adopt new practices that reduce animals’ stress and injuries to both anima

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Thomas Grota

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Just a reminder: Saying people are stupid because they voted for Brexit or Trump is achieving only.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

This election has been hard on our country. I have had numerous conversations with people who struggle to call home and speak with family or friends because the divisions are too raw. These are people who now live in Los Angeles, San Francisco or New York City but grew up in Cincinnati, Central Florida, Utah, Michigan and similar places where their parents, families or friends may have different political views.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

This video was originally published on Inc.com. The post Building a Business from By-Product: Back to the Roots appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Earlier this week, I published benchmarks on What Percentage Of Revenue Should SaaS Startups Spend On operating expense? Several founders asked to see this data broken down further. What fraction of operating expense is spent on sales & marketing, and what fraction of op is spent on engineering? Most businesses spend 2x more on sales & marketing than engineering.

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