Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

These insights from top entrepreneurs benefit EO members plus the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem. Set Goals Like Google: Why OKRs Surpass Other Goal-Setting Methods for Entrepreneurs Eric Crews (EO Boston), founder and CEO of management consulting firm Crews & co., I’ve set many goals in 30+ years as an entrepreneur.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 20, 2021

Lessons to help you transition from employee to entrepreneur Source: productlessons.xyz Since I quit my tech job, I’ve received a lot of questions: “Do you regret turning down your Instagram offer?”, “What are you doing now?”, “How does it feel to be free?” As an entrepreneur, you’re on a rollercoaster with no seat belts and no guarantees.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

But the key to success is about more than just clever branding and a good elevator pitch. Let’s use Morningstar’s 5 Factors as a framework. There is a deep density of investor, entrepreneur and tech talent concentrated in the city with a strong risk-taking appetite. It’s also about establishing a competitive moat.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It’s mandatory, and collaboration between AT&T and startups at all stages could push the world forward and provide the framework for innovation. TechCrunch’s iconic startup competition is back, as entrepreneurs from around the world pitch expert judges and vie for the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

TechCrunch is excited to announce the six companies pitching in person and onstage at TC Sessions Mobility 2022. Hailing from around the United States and the globe, founders will pitch on the main stage, for four minutes, followed by an intense Q&A with our expert panel of judges. Startups pitching on the main stage.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The best way to find marketing hacks is by using “stringent experimentation frameworks to run countless A/B tests,” he advises. No one thinking rationally would leave a briefcase of cash behind in a restaurant, but entrepreneurs who don’t protect IP derived from their AI innovations are being just as careless.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 5, 2023

Register Led by an eminent team of investors and industry captains from around the world, Awesome Ventures brings together a wealth of experience in strategy planning and diverse sectors. At the helm of Awesome Ventures is Lok Yek Soon, a visionary entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience within the startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

These events aren’t just a chance to review the latest cohort of hopeful entrepreneurs — they also showcase the technology, products and services that will compete for VC and consumer attention over the next few years. I covered one demo day in person, spending most of my time backstage where founder teams practiced their pitches.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Many entrepreneurs who claim to embrace the lean Start-Up canon actually adopt only part of it, neglecting to research customer needs.” — Tom Eisenmann, Harvard How to fix the mistake of trying to build a great product immediately: Use a data-driven approach and test your value proposition properly before building a product. The others die.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Pitch your startup for an opportunity to meet with Floodgate. Floodgate exists to invest in prime movers - entrepreneurs who build movements that become category defining companies - before the rest of the world believes in them. The strategy to minimize loss is not the strategy to win. Execute on the strategy to win.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. What to consider before building your VC platform strategy. AskAnything.VC Fundraising.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 8, 2022

This decade has seen the rise of a new generation of entrepreneurs creating opportunities and tackling some of the biggest challenges of our time. The program works with entrepreneurs in Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Kenya to offer curated connections with local and international investors. DDA’S 2022 “Investing in Africa ” report. .

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

I did 5 years of building large computer systems and computer networks for global corporations and 3+ years as a “strategy consultant.&# In many of the meetings you’d meet clients who would tell you everything you needed to know, would offer to help you and then would never follow up on the help that they had offered.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

These tips range from defining the competitive space to defining and executing the right sales strategy and will help you decide the key actions to take, regardless of your product. Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make in Their Business Journey. Tip #2: The initial sales strategy is essential. But first, some basics.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

A technology executive and entrepreneur, board member and investor, she has 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon and Yodlee. I continued to listen to non-e-commerce pitches as well, simply to give myself a point of reference for evaluating online shopping opportunities.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Telling your story isn't just about conveying information about your company--it's about giving someone a framework that makes them feel like they know how to be successful as well. Like most entrepreneurs, [HE/SHE]s best at explaining it—suffice it to say we wish we thought of it first. Otherwise, who cares? Why should we care?

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. What to consider before building your VC platform strategy. AskAnything.VC Fundraising.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Yesterday I had lunch with a really interesting and capable serial entrepreneur who is raising his A round. So I thought I’d try to lay out a framework for how you should think about it as many you will inevitably be faced with this experience. Many strategics have less experience in helping entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

“The opportunity for entrepreneurs in real estate tech across search, listings, mortgage, insurance, construction and sustainability is the kind that shows up once a generation.” In the meantime, someone needs to make fundamental decisions regarding cloud infrastructure and strategy. How are they currently solving this problem?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

” Even so, many entrepreneurs squander this opportunity, often because they direct questions or fail to understand their BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement). A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs. Investors are looking for a reason to say “yes.” I hope you have an excellent weekend.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

Software companies that sell directly to end users share a simple framework for managing growth that leverages discoverability, desirability and do-ability — the “aha!” Data show that traditional marketing doesn’t work on developers, and it’s not because they’re impervious to a sales pitch. for as long as 60 months.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

What does adopting a Circular Economy model (circularity) look like for entrepreneurs and startups? The program culminated in a circular Demo Day where startups had a chance to showcase their progress and pitch in front of potential partners and investors. The six startups embedding circularity.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

“Sometimes in Spain the entrepreneurs — the empresarios how we call them — that are business people have a sort of a bad ‘image’,” says Szpilka. “The entrepreneurs are always looked at as super fancy and smart people but at the end of the day we are the same. .

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I think it’s the best framework for executive hiring that I’ve seen. The mission is the elevator pitch. 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? Tell me what the priorities are.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

To find more growth marketing tactics and strategies you can implement on your own, check out his recent five-article series: Setting up a landing page. Launching a paid acquisition channel. Booting up an email marketing campaign. Is that true? Which publications are valid? Should they be tier-1 or in English? Thank you for your help!

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 11, 2022

The strategy has a bad reputation, but when done right, it’s super effective Photo: GettyImages Who says cold emails don’t work? I’ve deconstructed a framework for the cold outreach to strangers, which was more beneficial than any other marketing tactics and created opportunities for myself that never would have occurred.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

In reading the comments on Bijan’s blog and having discussed this so many times, I know some entrepreneurs only want to talk with VCs that think that Powerpoint causes leprosy. And when you finish the demo you can bring in the other important components such as competition, team, customer acquisition strategy, etc. Mobile app?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The startup’s wider pitch and “social mission” is to use (first party) household finance data and (third party) vendor data to build models that can progressively automate the management of essential service switching and/or contact renegotiating to offer a sort of household savings-as-a-(subscription)-service.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

We spend a lot of time praising tech investors and entrepreneurs for their risk appetite. Hoping for the best is not a strategy, and your employers will say whatever they need to keep you focused and productive. Can AI turn out polite pitch rejection letters, automate aspects of due diligence, or draft accurate market maps?

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 23, 2013

My goal was to be able to step into a meeting with an entrepreneur with some kind of form that I would fill out throughout the meeting, so that by the end of the meeting I might have an understanding how the startup fits into its ecosystem. I read many books on the topics of competition and strategy. Frameworks FTW.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Pilot CEO Waseem Daher tears down his company’s $60M Series C pitch deck. With that ethos in mind, Lucas Matney interviewed Pilot CEO Waseem Daher to deconstruct the pitch deck that helped his company land a $60M Series C round. ” Pilot CEO Waseem Daher tears down his company’s $60M Series C pitch deck.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

While there is no right or wrong answer, having seen the extremes I’d like to offer you a framework for considering the right answer for yourselves. And I always encourage entrepreneurs to do reference checking. Always Pitch Outsiders for Follow Ons. I love that. And it’s kind of true. The Perils of Many.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. Sutton Place Strategies helps private equity funds identify the best-positioned intermediaries (investment banks) for their thesis.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2016

ME/ “When we started out in 2010, we were the definition of bootstrapping entrepreneurs. Our shared commitment to unapologetically innovate formed the framework for our business. A lot of people think that all you need is an idea and capital to make it as an entrepreneur, but it’s so much more than that.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. Sutton Place Strategies helps private equity funds identify the best-positioned intermediaries (investment banks) for their sector.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Please contact us if you are deploying capital using this strategy. He is also a serial fintech entrepreneur with two exits; Founder of HBS Alumni Angels of NY , the largest angel group on the East Coast; and Founder of PEVCTech.com , an online community for investors in private companies who use technology to do their jobs more effectively.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Please contact us if you are deploying capital using this strategy. He is also a serial fintech entrepreneur with two exits; Founder of HBS Alumni Angels of NY , the largest angel group on the East Coast; and Founder of PEVCTech.com , an online community for investors in private companies who use technology to do their jobs more effectively.

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