Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

We eventually launched the product, which didn't generate enough revenue to support us- so we shut down the business after all my credit cards maxed out. With some tough-learned lessons, it was clear to me that my new (and current) business Slidebean would not make the same mistakes. The plan-sort of worked.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) is the premier global competition for students who own and operate a business. I started my business following my long-term commitment and passion for fisheries and agriculture—two things that define me. How did you discover the GSEA competition? I thought, “What is this?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2024

The excitement of building your own business can quickly fade when faced with the reality of resource constraints. Embrace Lean Startup Methodology Traditionally, starting a business meant undertaking thorough planning, seeking significant funding, and developing a product in isolation from its future users. You can, too!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

Led by Jan Heybroek, the closed, coached conversations facilitate shared experiences around one presenter’s specific business challenge in a deep-dive presentation format. Business challenge: Scaling a SaaS business. Dan’s ultimate goal is to scale the business for a lucrative exit in about five years.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Understanding how your company will change as you move through these phases is critical if you hope to scale to a large business one day. Understanding how your company will change as you move through these phases is critical if you hope to scale to a large business one day. As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 15, 2022

I’m still digesting the wisdom and inspiration shared by our speakers during EO’s 2022 GLC this past April, and yet, here we are, planning for the next flagship learning event in 2023: EO is going to Cape Town , South Africa for GLC next April! Contributed by Dr. Carrie Santos, CEO of Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Together We Grow.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 5, 2024

During nine custom-designed Learn Around excursions to Singapore businesses, most owned by EO members, groups of EO members enjoyed behind-the-scenes access to local enterprises including Creative Eateries , LionsBot International , Brass Lion Distillery , LeVel 33 Brewery , and Goldbell Group.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 17, 2023

How Entrepreneurs Can Create Meaningful Impact through Philanthropy, Part II A three-part series showing alternative paths to the traditional model of making a boatload of money at all costs and then giving it away. I wrote the book Conscious Wealth because I realized how hard it is for people to answer the question, “How much is enough?”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2021

Contributed by Julia L F Goldstein, the founder of JLFG Communications , which helps businesses share their world-changing ideas through clear and concise content. During an online business workshop in December 2020, the presenter asked me whether our venture was a hobby or a business. Running a business.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2018

All I had to do was to tell Noken how long I planned to go, what level of hotel and car I wanted, and then I had the option to add on a few extras, and within minutes my entire trip was booked. A few weeks ago, I booked a customized tour of Iceland with Noken , and I did it in about five minutes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. Rob Bailey is the CEO of DataSift. You should read it. ” His argument is as follows. Rob is one of the most driven and successful CEOs I work with.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It disrupted the way work was done, which means it also impacted how leaders operate. As a business consultant, I saw senior leaders shift their teams to fully remote work when, prior to the pandemic, they only allowed flexible schedules on an individually earned basis. Why was the shift to remote work so powerful?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

I recently attended and presented at Dave McClure’s PreMoney conference in San Francisco. What you’ll see if you watch the video is an unscripted and unfiltered look into how Scott Kupor & I see some of the changes and challenges of the venture industry. tl;dr version. Each of the two videos is about 10 minutes long.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

From age 7, David Dávila, learned how to brew his own coffee before he went to school. This rich heritage and family tradition gave David the inspiration and business model to create the Dávila Kafe Coffee Company. “You start every day with coffee, and you end every day with coffee.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Daniel Pink’s presentation, The Power of Regret , provided an opportunity to rethink and re-frame my mindset. Winnie Hart ‘s presentation on how to Stand Out as a Thought Leader provided great tools that reaffirmed why I do what I do.”. Skiing and talking business with EO friends. “I

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Are you brainstorming a marketing strategy or quarterly plan and feeling fresh out of new ideas? Many people don’t realize, however, that nature can teach the most essential life lessons , especially when it comes to business. From my experience , here are four lessons Mother Nature can teach you about business: 1.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2024

Finding Strategic Support Running a business is no easy feat. I can’t over-emphasize how highly I value the role my Forum has played in my life. I recall the day before my IPO roadshow — how nervous I was — and how I presented my pitch deck to my Forum, and they shared valuable insights and honest feedback.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

If you want to build a large business in video you need to fish in a pond where the fish are. If you want to build a large business in video you need to fish in a pond where the fish are. Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. That is YouTube today.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2020

When Pete approached me for advice, I recommended the “Failure-Proofing” strategy, which is a pragmatic and easy-to-use technique to defend against planning and project disasters. Step 1: Imagine that the decision, project or process failed, and brainstorm reasons for why your plan failed. Make sure to provide all the details.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 2, 2021

Businesses have a healthier workforce, higher productivity and greater profitability when focusing on equity, diversity and inclusion. It is vital for entrepreneurs and aspiring leaders to understand unconscious biases that may be present in their journey to growing their business or organization. Bias shows in many forms.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Read his earlier posts on how EO members define success , the impact of core values , lessons learned from their best and worst partnerships and the best advice they’ve ever received and nine lessons learned from entrepreneurial projects. We were devastated because we had a clear plan to make this venture work. staff business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 6, 2020

Yap is a thriving serial entrepreneur whose businesses include Citrus Studios , Luxe Link , and the Orange & Bergamot. Kalika Yap shares highlights from the presentation. Rustand says he’s had calls from more than 300 business leaders at small and medium-sized companies looking for advice. You’ve got this.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 10, 2023

She’s the author of A Business Owner’s Guide to Crisis PR: Protecting You & Your Business’ Reputation , and serves as the EO Los Angeles chapter’s Accelerator co-chair. We asked Eden how AI-powered language models such as ChatGPT can help entrepreneurs manage Crisis PR. But how can you stay ahead of the game?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 10, 2024

As we continue to recognize Mental Health Awareness Month and the 13-19 May Mental Health Awareness Week , Ethan King (EO Atlanta) shares an innovative method for prioritizing mental health while keeping the sometimes overwhelming pace of entrepreneurship. Modern life is like walking a tight rope high above the ground every single day.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 1, 2023

Contributed to EO by Abeer Qumsieh, a seven-year EO Jordan member who is the founder of Better Business , the leading organization for management consulting and human capital development in Jordan, and Khibraty , an intelligent digital matchmaking marketplace for expertise seekers and providers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Many business leaders pride themselves on perpetuating the “workaholic” lifestyle. When I unplug from the minutiae of daily business, I develop fresh ideas and perspectives. When I unplug from the minutiae of daily business, I develop fresh ideas and perspectives. I take a different leadership approach.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

West Coast investors tend to look for higher growth rates, put less emphasis on profitability, and tend to give more founder-friendly term sheets; East Coast investors tend to look more closely at business fundamentals, seek out more predictable revenue, and often give less founder-friendly terms when investing. startup) per month.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2024

While the entrepreneurial journey can be deeply fulfilling, it’s important to acknowledge the mental health struggles that often go hand-in-hand with the challenges, uncertainties, and responsibilities of starting a business. My greatest source of relief from business responsibilities and mental stress is my family.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 31, 2024

Starting a business doesn’t just change your career—it changes you. Forum is a place to hear the shared experiences and lessons learned from multiple other entrepreneurs who have faced similar business situations and found their way through them. But my journey to success wasn’t without its challenges.

entrepreneurs 208

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

Here’s Why You Should Just Send the Deck I know you have your document sending tool to send your fund-raising deck to VCs and track who read your deck, which pages they read and how much time they spend on each page. after all you aren’t presenting this at TED. I Know Everybody Told You to Send Your Fund-Raising Decks as a Link.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 10, 2024

Can your newest hire articulate it, and do they understand how their day-to-day actions reinforce it? How can you do this? How To Create A “One-Page Brand” The foundational piece for more deeply defining your brand is a one-page tool that can be called “Your Brand” or “The ( insert company name ) Way.”

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 10, 2025

The processing of real-time data gathered by sensors placed on the grid presents utilities with a range of benefits including improved response times to mitigate potential hazards. A significant step forward has occurred in modernizing Americas power grid with the recently announced $26.5 In the U.S.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

One area of risk that cannot be underestimated is your company’s information technology (IT) system: It can impact everything from data security to business performance. Here’s how—and why—to take advantage of cloud computing for your small business. How Cloud Computing Reduces Risk. Flexibility to scale. Affordability.

SaaS 177

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

This is part of a series on how to improve your fund raising game. The short answer is that you should have multiple versions of your “pitch deck” (a short, visual presentation in Keynote, PPT or similar and shared as a PDF) and each occasion has a specific goal. As a VC and former entrepreneur let me offer you some advice.

VC 261

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2022

an award-winning online printing company that has helped over 5,000 businesses print more than 20 million presentation folders. PMS ink, four-color process, foil stamping, and embossing all create radically different looks—and they can also have very different prices, depending on how many colors your design contains.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 13, 2020

How did Daly figure out how to do that? His family didn’t have the money for golf, and Daly wondered how these players got theirs. In that process, I ended up interviewing 200 successful business owners in the summer of my 13th year,” Daly said in a presentation to members of Entrepreneurs’ Organization.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Eight components to successfully scaling a startup are presented in this article. Many entrepreneurs aim to create businesses that succeed in the short term but also have the growth potential to scale and thrive in the long run. They develop a business model identifying the critical factors necessary for a sustainable business.

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