Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? And the truth is that several entrepreneurs prefer it this way. even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed. Of course we can’t.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Vienna, 10 November 2021 – As the Impact Hub Network continues to accelerate the transition to a more just and sustainable future, we are excited to announce an update on our leadership team. Tatiana Glad, current Co-Founder and Director of Impact Hub Amsterdam (since 2008), brings diverse experience to our global leadership team.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) exists to help entrepreneurs achieve their full potential. In a recent Forum Confidential session, EO Accelerator member “Dan” (not his real name) presented his business challenge to a group of experienced entrepreneurs in search of helpful, real-world tips and best practices.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The recognition was given for AIV’s innovative approach using finance to tackle deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Using sustainable finance to support indigenous communities. In addition to financing, AIV provides technical assistance for sustainable land practices and loans to improve productivity.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

What separates the entrepreneurs who make it from those who don’t? These successful business founders and Advisors in The Oracles share the most common mistakes they see from aspiring entrepreneurs and explain how to overcome those mistakes. They ignore their finances. Not everyone is cut out to be an entrepreneur.

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Founder Bounty

APRIL 2, 2023

To be a successful entrepreneur, you need to have access to the right resources and knowledge. Entrepreneur Entrepreneur is one of the leading entrepreneurship blogs that has been providing valuable content to entrepreneurs for decades. This blog covers topics such as business planning, financing, marketing, and more.

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Founder Bounty

APRIL 2, 2023

To be a successful entrepreneur, you need to have access to the right resources and knowledge. Entrepreneur Entrepreneur is one of the leading entrepreneurship blogs that has been providing valuable content to entrepreneurs for decades. This blog covers topics such as business planning, financing, marketing, and more.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Are entrepreneurs born or made? Our firm’s owner and CEO was a very experienced businessman—a true entrepreneur in every sense of the word. One day in early 1993, I was having lunch with one of our clients, who also was a true entrepreneur. Maurice is also the founder and president of Thomas Services, Inc.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Most important for a small business to succeed is to keep moving forward—which means the entrepreneur must always be on the lookout for resources that will help the business grow and become profitable. One-on-one mentoring is a great benefit to entrepreneurs, as well as webinars, workshops and other online resources.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 9, 2023

The key to our success is how we leveraged certain entrepreneurial strategies that are often misinterpreted as mere trends. To find a pace that works for you, refer to an internal, financeable rate of growth, based on your cashflow and profit. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Like most entrepreneurs, you have likely spent hundreds of hours developing skills to build your business. Many entrepreneurs who start turning a profit think that the hardest part of running a startup is behind them and that it will be smooth sailing moving forward. Related: How to Get Out of Day-to-Day Operations and Into Leadership.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 23, 2019

If you’re an entrepreneur or small business owner, and you’ve struggled at any point with mastering a new business management skill, you’re not alone. Finance and accounting was the most common area of concern (39%), followed by IT and technology (31%), digital marketing (20%), and business planning and strategy (25%).

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 23, 2018

There is plenty of advice out there for employees about the importance of not mistaking good management for good leadership. But entrepreneurs also need to be reminded that good leadership is not the same as good management. Richard Liew is the founder of NZ Entrepreneur and Espire Media. NZ Entrepreneur.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

The fund is expected to total $30 million and its limited partners include the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Visa Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation and Symbiotics. The fund will focus on verticals including finance, commerce, health, work and education. It’s something we’ll continue focusing on,” said Sosrodjojo.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team?—?everything. What do I do now? I call it, “Remind me why I love you again?”

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

NJ Entrepreneur Support Program provides guarantees to support investments into Garden State companies TRENTON, N.J. Increased investment into New Jersey companies is essential to supporting Governor Phil Murphy’s vision of bolstering the Garden State’s longstanding leadership in innovation,” said NJEDA Chief Executive Officer Tim Sullivan.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

Register Global consumer finance company, Pepper Group , has announced its plans to enter the Indian market with a new fintech startup under the brand name Pepper Money. Pepper Money aims to revolutionize consumer finance in Tier 2 and 3 cities, leveraging the country’s impressive economic growth and a young, tech-savvy population.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

Here are the lessons I’ve learned that I believe can help any entrepreneur succeed: Delay fundraising until you have a strong initial offering that has shown some level of success in creating happy customers with profitable marketing. We even have marketing strategies that we only use when the market is strong.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2020

Every day—perhaps every hour—you feel forced to reset your expectations, your goals and your strategy. These are the times in which ingenuity thrives—particularly among entrepreneurs. As EO CEO Carrie Santos observes , “Entrepreneurs do not catch up on news and wonder how they will face the COVID-19 crisis. Will you survive?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

We reached out to Brianna Ellison, director of community engagement for Verizon, as part of our initiative to bring the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program to Michigan entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners. Brianna Ellison. In 2021, we extended a grant to Grand Valley State University’s Veterans Entrepreneurship Lab.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

ThoughtSpot CEO Sudheesh Nair shared some of his thoughts about building a sturdy leadership team and drafted a thorough checklist for entrepreneurs who are putting a crew together. Should your product person be opinionated or a team player? Are you even the best choice for CEO? His initial advice? Walter Thompson.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With so many entrepreneurs and startup ventures seeking investment opportunities, it’s crucial that venture capitalists (VCs) create a list of criteria they want their potential investments to meet. As such, VCs have to consider a number of factors when choosing which companies or entrepreneurs in whom to invest.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Groundbreaking economist, author, investor, and entrepreneur is honored with the Angel Capital Association’s Hans Severiens Award While performing the research that culminated in her book, The Next Wave: Financing and Investing Strategies for Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs , Alicia Robb, Ph.D.,

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Historically, the industry has been reluctant to embrace technology, but as there have been generational shifts in leadership, that has slowly changed. So a big portion of the Formwork Labs program is going to provide these entrepreneurs with access.”. billion and $40.5 billion , respectively. trillion-dollar industry.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . However, historically most private equity professionals were former investment bankers and other finance professionals. Board of Directors.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

She was also able to spend a decade being around smart entrepreneurs building some of the best small businesses in the world. Kate then spent months helping Jill with strategies to grow the business. Plus, entrepreneurs can get awfully emotional in the process of hiring someone who will take the reins after them. “As

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Lindsey—who, at the time, was my girlfriend, programmer and designer—said, “I will take over the finance piece, you go sell and run the shop. Our conversations often moved from things we cared about in our personal life to business strategy and hiring and finances. I’ll handle this side of things.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. These factors are proving fertile ground for establishing and growing fintechs that focus exclusively on Islamic finance, offering products and services that follow shariah law. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

We are often asked how companies get funded, why VCs make the decisions we make and what we’re looking for in entrepreneurs. At Upfront we’re totally fine funding entrepreneurs who have done multiple businesses in the past – in fact we like it. But I’m guessing the narrative is similar elsewhere. And Seriously.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 9, 2019

She posts how she's helped a client or saved them money or helped them in some way OR Rachel's sharing how a prospective client's finances are quite messed up and how she's GOING to help them or a lessons learned. The Smart Hustle Growth Conference is an experience bringing together entrepreneurs who are hustlers, Smart Hustlers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2020

In times of crisis, entrepreneurs step up to take the lead on creating groundbreaking pathways toward renewal. We asked three EO members what strategies they are implementing at work and in their personal lives as COVID-19 continues to spread. He is an EO South Florida member.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The entrepreneur spent six months interviewing heads of data, talent development and engineering to figure out shared pain points in the world of education. At a high level, Modal’s product is simple, and refreshing workforces is clearly in demand, given the spree of financing rounds for upskilling and reskilling companies.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 19, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Mick Kalle Mickelborg, the founder of Wisdm and a computer scientist and technology entrepreneur at heart. Here, Kalle was able to develop his skills as a startup founder and ambitious entrepreneur. He grew up in Copenhagen, Denmark. He raised 1 mln. What are your future plans for your startup?

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StartupNation

JULY 9, 2021

What does this mean for entrepreneurs? It means more opportunities to build community, thought leadership, develop your brand and become customer-centric. Related: Clubhouse Explained and 4 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Should Find an Invite. Consistency matters, especially when building your social media engagement strategy.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 17, 2023

I told my leadership team about the sale before I told the rest of the company. Tip #3: Crafting a Clear Exit Strategy Just as you planned when you started your business, you need a detailed blueprint when you decide to step away. That blueprint is your exit strategy. Selling a business without an exit strategy is similar.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

We spend time looking at their org savvy, their leadership skills. And we know that the chief people officer role, CHRO—unlike maybe finance or sales—entrepreneurs have a harder time understanding what that role is, right? We’re also looking at motivations: intrinsic motivations, extrinsic motivations.

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