Dream It

APRIL 2, 2019

Dreamit incorporates the intelligence, data, and new relationships gained during acceleration into its venture investment process to build a high-potential, diversified portfolio. Since 2008, Dreamit has worked with over 320 companies. And we like that the program has a stringent focus on customer acquisition.”

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 4, 2025

After analyzing hundreds of posts on startup management, I’ve distilled the key pieces of advice that founders and leaders should keep in mind. Test the process : When advising someone with deeper expertise, evaluate their process rather than the outcome.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

During Q&A, both sides start engaging in a sort of conversational dance - with one side leading (VC/customer) and the other side following (founder). But often, we’ll hear founders misstep and repeat easy mistakes that throw off Q&A flow and cause startups to lose points. To keep answers crisp, Mike suggests the 45-second rule.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 15, 2025

Our agents don’t just assistthey do the work, enabling teams to focus on strategic priorities, unlock creativity, and drive meaningful organizational impact,” said Maxime Legardez , co-founder and CEO of Maki. The agents automate mundane and labor-intensive tasks and processes such as screening, interviewing, and scheduling.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 27, 2017

Founders don't start companies so they can spend half their time asking people for money and VCs don't love the dance either. Too often, both sides walk away from fundraising processes feeling like a lot of it wasn't time efficiently spend--even when it does lead to a round. Be transparent about process and timeline.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

You’ll learn insight to guide your PPP application process from our discussion with Jim Marshall (Silicon Valley Bank, SVB), Kathryn Hickey (PilieroMazza), and Duncan Davidson (Bullpen Capital), which is viewable in its entirety below. UPDATE over $1,800,000,000 #PPPloan now processed by @SBAgov mostly all from community banks.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 12, 2022

Contributed by Libby Rothschild , EO New Jersey, the founder of Dietitian Boss , an online education and coaching platform that shows registered dietitians how to start, grow and scale a virtual private practice. Hitting the million-dollar mark isn’t easy—as every founder who has done so will tell you.

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The order is important because I fell in love with the product before I even knew about the company, and the hustle of its founder/CEO Sandro Roco. So getting into the industry was a bit of a process. Oftentimes the people behind the Instagram accounts were literally the founders. I’m a Sanzo drinker.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2020

Sometimes, if you seem well connected to other founders or VCs, that will get you a meeting—because you don’t want to miss something everyone else has seen. On one hand, you could complain about this as bad VC behavior, because wasting a founder’s time is a mortal sin in Startupland. VCs take a meeting just to learn about an area.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 23, 2024

As the founder of a folder printing company, I often get asked how to design folders that effectively guide prospects through the buying journey. Build in Functional Tools To effectively serve its purpose, your sales presentation folder should incorporate practical features that simplify the selling process.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 19, 2021

Over the last 18 months, the early-stage financing market has seen dramatic changes characterized by these three things: A shift from in-person fundraising to virtual fundraising A reduction in financing process timelines from months to weeks A continued increase in the amount of capital available for early stage companies.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

Since his prospective co-founders were involved in the early development of the new dirt bike, Godby saw how well they worked together and what each brought to the venture. Godbys background is in mechanical engineering and product development, while another co-founder has an industrial design background.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

This is part of a series of advice for founders who need to raise money from venture capitalists. The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. This is where most founders err.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Venture Studio program provides founders with resources and up to $200K of equity funding to develop their vision into a business with substantial market impact. empowers ambitious founders with bold ideas to create a lasting impact,” said Shintaro Matsumoto, President and CEO of NEC X. Venture Studio.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Alongside that, she provided strategic advisory and founder coaching whilst serving on the executive committee of the NZ Audiological Society and the NZ Kindergartens Board. Each ADC cohort is selected via the application process to ensure the right mix of skill sets and experience to create a strong and vibrant learning experience.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

For founders, this has meant raising rounds from their offices instead of getting on planes. As the pandemic has eased and offices have gradually reopened over the last year, we are meeting more founders face to face. We can meet more founders than we used to. And founders can meet more investors. That is good.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Revolution Growth’s Latest Investment in Healthcare and AI: Pathos, the Company Re-Engineering the Drug Development Process The oversubscribed $62M Series C will be used to expand the team, accelerate platform development, and advance its clinical-stage pipeline of precision oncology therapeutics.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We summarize these pearls of wisdom in our new book, Smart Startups: What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know — Advice from 18 Harvard Business School Founders. Landing a good idea often requires a deliberate, lengthy ideation process. For the HBS founders we interviewed, there was no “lightbulb moment” for their startup idea.

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Dream It

APRIL 24, 2019

Virtual reality and AR have the potential to transform a number of areas within real estate and the building process: Property walkthroughs that can accelerate the sales process for residential brokers. According to the founders, properties using the VirtualAPT content have seen over 300 percent increase for new building lease-ups.

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Dream It

MARCH 20, 2020

Kyle Robertson, Founder and CEO of NarrativeDx. Kyle Robertson, Founder and CEO of NarrativeDx comments, “We share Press Ganey’s passion for driving health care transformation. Today, the company announced that it is being acquired by health care performance improvement pioneer Press Ganey.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

Jan Heybroek, the founder and CEO of MDoutlook , is the moderator of EO Atlanta’s Forum Confidential programme. For example, existing middleware can connect your software and payment process, so you don’t have to spend time and effort rewriting code that someone else has already written. Value external input.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

The culture is driven by the 20-something irreverent founder with huge technical chops who in a “David vs. Goliath” mythology take on the titans of industry and wins. But markets have changed and I think investors, founders and experienced executives who want to join later-stage startups can all benefit from playing the long game.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

One of the hardest things about the fund-raising process for entrepreneurs is that you’re trying to raise money from people who have “asymmetric information.” I know that some founders feel uncomfortable with this as though they might somehow be sharing something so confidential that it ultimately hurts you.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Their journey shows how iteration works at both the program and company level: Finding the Right Problem to Solve The founder initially joined VVM during our first iteration. Refined the slide deck process making it easier and lower stress for startups. Take Action This Week Pick one underperforming project or process.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

From here, Jonathan and his co-founders pondered how to take young people’s excitement for innovation and allow them to gain experience in a real company. Trusting the process Jonathan’s YLAI Fellowship experience was virtual, taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you for your insight and advice, Jonathan!

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Yesterday, I met with a founder with an interesting model who was raising $400k to bring the finishing touches to her product to make it customer-ready. In fact, the only founder I've ever seen completely run the table for a multi-million dollar seed round based off of a Powerpoint is Chantel Waterbury of chloe + isabel.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2023

Contributed by Chris Kirksey, an EO member in Austin who is the founder and CEO of Direction , an SEO software and services company that helps entrepreneurs set their online strategy in the right direction to accelerate sales, grow the business, and dominate your market. A few of the most impactful benefits I’ve realized are: 1.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 5, 2024

She shared the challenges founders face in learning to let go of the successful businesses they built bit by bit. “In In the process of letting go, it is important to go back to the beginning and remember the original purpose of the business.” Attendees weren’t the only beneficiaries of the Learn Around.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 19, 2020

Rosario Diaz Garavito, the founder of The Millennials Movement , didn’t look to be labeled as an entrepreneur and a leader in her community when she began her small social media movement promoting youth volunteerism in 2013. Rosario also advises that young leaders need to get creative and build sustainable processes.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

From thoughts on maximizing meeting efficacy and expanding your goal-setting mindset to improving employee engagement and reaping the benefits of systems and processes, EO members share personal experiences and action steps that can benefit your business. Read the post to learn how to implement this time-saving process in your company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2023

Contributed to EO by Ashley Luck, an EO SLP member of the Edmonton chapter, One Canada Committee member, and the founder and principal of AMP Business Solutions. Save your time and energy—let your planner mastermind the process.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Andrea Grisdale, founder and CEO at IC Bellagio. David Fastuca, founder at Ambisie and Locomote. However, I did not expect that our hands would be forced in this manner, leading to an incredible acceleration of decentralised workforces and processes. Keith Roberts, founder and creative director at Zenman.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy yet banks do not have their backs, says CEO and co-founder Sahill Poddar. The two co-founders leveraged their tech backgrounds to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity. and Canada. Incumbent methods systematically bias against women- and minority-owned businesses.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

Two prominent entrepreneurs share their views on starting a business plus 10 tips every first-time founder should have. A founders journey when taking on the challenge of launching a startup is filled with highs and lows.Their path to success will have challenges, setbacks, and moments of doubt.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 25, 2020

The board diversity problem is a symptom of a much broader problem around lack of diversity in founders that get funded and lack of diversity in VC firms. Most startup boards are made up of a few founders and a few VCs. We are not control investors so this is a process of advocacy and persistence. One is often enough.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 27, 2020

Tim Hamilton is the founder and CEO of Praxent. The founder of Polar Notion , Morgan J. At Flow Marketing , founder and CEO Andy Seth proudly shares that his team comprises 64 percent women and 43 percent people of color. “We REMOVE BIAS FROM THE HIRING PROCESS. Here’s what we learned: 1. WALK THE TALK. Sound simple?

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Revolution

MAY 23, 2023

To shed additional light on this issue and its ultimate impact on startups, I partnered with the Center for Real Estate Technology & Innovation to ask proptech founders about their capital and strategic partners. So, what does this mean for a proptech founder with a heavy strategic investor base?

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