This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

If economists tried to measure the cost of the malaise that the election of 2016 left, we'd undoubtedly see billions, if not more, lost in worker productivity. At the same time, I don't think I've ever seen more political engagement in my lifetime--and not just political engagement, but all sorts of action around causes they care about. These two realities are linked.

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propel(x)

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Med Tech startup gel-e has developed revolutionary technology that can almost instantaneously stop bleeding, even for severe wounds Stephen Hawking had good reason to call gel-e “a top innovative product of this decade.” The Propel(x) alumnus company is poised to deploy a revolutionary technology to rapidly stop bleeding in diverse emergency, trauma, surgical and even everyday situations.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

By Miranda Zelda Naiman, founder of Empower Limited and Learning Chair of EO Tanzania. . Let’s be honest. We’ve all done it. We cross the line from humility to a dangerous, self-deprecating tone and it’s the equivalent of jumping off the back of a moving truck into a cactus bush. It serves noone—least of all you. Self-deprecation comes in all shapes and forms, but it always sits under the umbrella of belittling or devaluating yourself.

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For Entrepreneurs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Because of the huge overload of topics clamoring for a startup CEO’s attention, it can be really hard to figure out where to focus. As anyone involved with startups will tell you, focus is key to success. I believe there is one question that should dominate startup founders’ thinking, as it brings all aspects of.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Aside from visionary management, this is your most important job. Close. Many of us go through the motions of hiring to fill a position, trying to use our intuition and skills to find the best candidate for the job. Sometimes we use consultants or recruiters; often we use internal talent to fill most positions. And over the years, we students of business success have learned that there is a science to the hiring process that continues through the life of an employee’s tenure with the company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

By Jeremy Ellens, an EO member in Arizona and co-founder of Yazamo , a SaaS marketing company that specializes in generating leads and sales for small- to mid-sized businesses with its product, LeadQuizzes. According to in-house data, the average quiz has a lead capture rate of 33.6%. When you compare that figure to a site’s average email opt-in of 1.96% , it starts to look pretty incredible.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

How important is hiring for emotional intelligence? EQ or EI was introduced in 1964 by Michael Beldoch and popularized by Daniel Goleman in 1995. I hear EQ uttered in nearly every job interview and evaluations, and assumed that high EQ correlated to higher job performance. But I read two articles recently that changed my perception of emotional intelligence.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

By Silka Gonzalez, an EO South Florida member and CEO of Enterprise Risk Management, Inc. Hackers and other adversaries still engage in the practice of finding the weakest link in the chain to break in to your organization. When your chain is made up of unpredictable humans, you have weak links all the time. How do you patch and strengthen the link and the whole chain?

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