Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

I am VERY careful in board meetings and in startup pitches to tell entrepreneurs, “I feel very strongly about my opinion on this topic. Mix people’s views into a cup. In the end there is no recipe for a startup or for business. I caution people all the time from overly following my advice. Take more advice.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2025

The ultimate live event for entrepreneurs, INSPIRE + SUCCEED is coming to New Zealand for the first time in April-May, presented by Success Resources. In the full day of learning, attendees will get actionable insights from eight speaker sessions, plus the opportunity to network and connect with other entrepreneurs. said Brianne.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

MidAmerica, in collaboration with i2E, is set to launch an innovative pilot program known as the MidAmerica Cup business plan competition this fall. The MidAmerica Cup business plan competition is designed to expand students’ understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation while fostering collaboration with businesses at MidAmerica.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 18, 2019

Spring is an inspiring time of year around i2E as we enter the final phase of the 2019 Love’s Cup statewide collegiate business plan competition. Oklahoma owes a huge thank you to Love’s Travel Stops for sponsoring the competition, formerly known as the Governor’s Cup and now in its 15th year.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 10, 2022

The Love’s Cup business plan competition offers a real world experience for aspiring entrepreneurs. Spring is the high season for the Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup. There are many lessons that aspiring entrepreneurs can learn from those who, like Tom and Judy Love, come before. By Scott Meacham.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 16, 2022

More recently, 90+ members were together in Qatar for the football World Cup. It is fascinating to share the experience with 65 like-minded entrepreneurs and learn together for four days of full networking and knowledge. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Otherwise, grab a cup ‘o coffee … Clicking on any graph below will take you to that article. My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. What does this mean if you’re an entrepreneur? raise money now to weather any storms). In the end.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2024

Entrepreneurs must wear multiple hats, make critical decisions, and shoulder the weight of their venture’s success or failure. So if you believe that the pressure is temporary, the entrepreneur finds a way to push through until things get better. As an entrepreneur, decision-making is constant and can be overwhelming.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 1, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY — Student entrepreneurs from college campuses across Oklahoma pitched winning business plans online to virtual panels of judges in the recent Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup competition that awarded $158,000 in cash prizes and scholarships. The 2020 Love’s Cup truly was unstoppable,” Meacham said.

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Paul G. Silva

JANUARY 25, 2021

Delighted entrepreneurs by giving them answers in 7-10 days from when they pitch and providing pitch feedback they constantly rate as among the best they’ve ever received. Delighted our syndication partners by making life easy on them and their entrepreneurs by moving with speed, efficiency, and respect.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2015

How do you have time for all your entrepreneurs? I picked up take-out dinner on the way home, ran into an entrepreneur, Luke Kervin , that I really like and agreed to come by his offices in August to check out PatientPop’s progress. I called in the Y0 Yo Life of an Entrepreneur but it really applies to me as a VC as well.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2024

Margo Gianos has propelled her business Endero forward through two i2E programs – E3 and the Entrepreneur’s Cup (formerly known as Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup), a statewide collegiate business plan competition where her team won first place in the High Growth Undergraduate division. Don’t ever put limits on yourself.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

As everyday citizens, business owners, entrepreneurs, family members, you can participate in creating a world of integrity. Meet up for a cup of coffee with someone who is doing something similar to you and develop your community. Here are a few questions of self-reflection to ask yourself to help you live and lead with integrity.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

For me Pier Loans fall under the category of “penny wise, pound foolish.&# What VCs who have never been entrepreneurs and have therefore never been on the receiving end of small bridge loans don’t realize is that they skew the behavior of startup management teams in ways that can be self destructive. And it adds up.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

” Piyush’s book, Lead Your Tribe, Love Your Work: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Creating a Culture that Matters , reinforces how to lead by example by giving to your employees. One day, the one I had in my pocket was ‘Buy a Stranger a Cup of Coffee.’ You could cut the tension. Who would go next? .”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

With the world’s attention turning to Japan for the Rugby World Cup 2019 and for the 2020 Olympics, members of EO Japan realized an opportunity to cultivate an international mindset in their families. Aihara even says that the children “decided they wanted to engage in international business and be entrepreneurs in the future.”

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 24, 2024

Jessica Kinsey Represented the University of Tulsa in 2012 Governor’s Cup 2012 High Growth Graduate Winner Currently CEO/Founder of Prodigy & Co Please provide a few details on your winning Entrepreneur’s Cup business idea. Our business was SpectrumFX. What inspired you to participate in the competition?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

He had already earned the serial entrepreneur badge with CodeGuard, a website backup startup, and his hardware company Claw Hanging Systems. Its flagship product is the Knight, an intrusion and motion detector that locks into the cup holder of a vehicle. And yes, the cup holder can still be used.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

While sharing her professional journey—from tween entrepreneur to international executive—she also spoke to the audience of men and women about supporting each other and making a difference in the world. . Learn more about why entrepreneurs choose EO and the MyEO Women of EO group. .

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Revolution

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Getting the portfolio together — and then getting out of the way to let founder-to-founder candor flow — always fills our cup. We’re so grateful for the time, presence, and perspectives every entrepreneur contributed, and even more excited for those connections to continue.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 2, 2021

Oklahoma’s Love’s Cup teams are making history that future generations will read about. Lately, I have been enjoying some desk-chair time travel, writing about Oklahoma inventors and entrepreneurs, people like Wiley Post, inventor of the first pressurized flight suit, and Bob Dunn with his electric guitar. By Scott Meacham.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 18, 2023

“Creative Spark Industries” student team from Pryor High School wins highest honor Leaders from MidAmerica Industrial Park and i2E announce a team of three Pryor High School seniors are the top winners of the inaugural high school entrepreneurship program called the MidAmerica Cup. We did not have experience with the business and marketing.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Maricel Saenz, founder and CEO of Compound Foods , is among the over 80% of Americans who love a cup of coffee daily. They use food science to recreate a base formula using sustainable ingredients that also don’t use a lot of water — she said it takes 140 liters of water along the coffee growth chain to make one cup of coffee.

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Dream It

APRIL 29, 2019

2019 HITLAB World Cup: Women’s Health Tech Challenge | New York, NY | May 21 | With more than $1B in funding between 2015 and 2018, products and services supporting women’s health are set to be the next big disruptor in the global healthcare market. Upcoming Events Rock Health Enterprise Insights Series | NYC, Washington, D.C., Register here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Brad Feld helped co-found the venture capital firm with one goal in mind: to help entrepreneurs. “We Despite the large population, it’s known for its strong sense of community, which makes networking with other business owners and entrepreneurs that much easier.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 27, 2023

Global entrepreneurs are leading the charge in creating solutions that impact their communities and inspire others to do the same on the path toward a greener future. Refica received the Commonwealth Points of Light Award from Her Majesty the Queen in May 2022. The YLAI Fellowship is sponsored by the U.S. Thank you, Refica! government.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Entrepreneur’s Cup, presented by Love’s Travel Stops, provides a platform for the next generation of business leaders to showcase their innovative ideas and support toward transforming these concepts into thriving businesses. Thanks to committed sponsors, Entrepreneur’s Cup students have received an impressive $2.4

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 17, 2020

Every spring, the celebratory conclusion of the annual Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup brings into sharp focus—and the limelight—the months of hard work that teams from Oklahoma’s colleges and universities put into this business plan and pitch competition. By Scott Meacham. We would be interested in working with them.”

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 16, 2021

Imagine if we were as supportive and proud of our entrepreneurs and scientists commercialising research as we are of the All Blacks or our America’s Cup sailors. The post Why every Kiwi should back or build a startup appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. Imagine if every Kiwi backed or built a startup!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 10, 2017

Tom Charman is a “studentrepreneur,” an EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) finalist in 2016 and co-founder and CEO of KOMPAS , a city exploration application helping people discover amazing but little-known adventures hidden in the world’s urban jungles. at the world finals of the University Startup World Cup and Digital DNA.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

And the story of an old peanut butter cup success Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 25, 2021

This event will be preceded by the Global Entrepreneurship World Cup, which was launched in 2019 and has provided training and education for nearly 300,000 applicants. The winners of the Global Entrepreneurship World Cup competition will be selected during the Global Entrepreneurship Congress.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The GitHub Student Developer Pack offers more than $200k in developer tools/training for student entrepreneurs or any students. LawCloud offers free legal documents through the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. The Emerging Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant is “to help entrepreneurial students who have innovative business ideas.”

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Forward Cities

JULY 2, 2019

Who do you picture when you hear the word “entrepreneur?” Maybe you envision your local coffee shop owner who wants to create space for community members to connect over a good cup of joe. Just like in every other arena of life, we have preconceived biases about who the ideal entrepreneur is and what viable businesses look like.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 1, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY – Students from eight Oklahoma schools were awarded $158,000 in cash prizes and scholarships during the 19th annual Entrepreneur’s Cup last week. Winning teams were revealed at the Love’s Cup awards dinner at the Oklahoma History Center on Thursday, April 20.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Joingin get raise was Soma Capital, Gilgamesh Ventures, FBG Capital, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, Toy Ventures, Gaingels, Ledger Prime, WAGMI Ventures, and NOA Capital. So what makes Frontrunner different? One of its schticks is that is makes its bettering market look much more like a stock market-like experience.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 19, 2020

We have a new virtual rallying cry at i2E: Love’s Cup Is Unstoppable! 2020 is the sixteenth year of the widely acclaimed Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup statewide collegiate business plan competition. From day one, the vision for Love’s Cup (formerly the Donald W.

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