StartupNation

JULY 21, 2025

Running a business, like waging a war, goes exactly as planned right until the moment you start. When I started my first business in my early twenties, for example, I hedged my bets by informing my boss at the time that I’d work part-time for him but do my own thing on my days off and the weekend. I mean that literally.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Could you tell our readers a little about yourself and your journey in the startup world? What were some of the biggest challenges you faced early on in your startup journey, and how did those experiences shape your leadership style? What advice would you give your younger self just starting out in the startup world?

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Under Zach’s leadership, Grapevine empowers organizations to streamline their operations by integrating communication and knowledge management in one seamless platform, driving better collaboration, productivity, and engagement across the board. What motivated you to launch your startup? The result? And the name?

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StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

This frees up capacity and allows the business to pursue greater ambitions. It’s about not just being more efficient, but fundamentally changing how one operates and leads, enabling the team to get significantly more done and overcome the previous limitations imposed by older ways of thinking or doing things.

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StartupNation

JUNE 20, 2025

When my wife, Vanessa, and I transitioned from the restaurant industry to building a chiropractic franchise, we faced numerous challenges, setbacks, and moments of growth that ultimately shaped us as business leaders. But life has a way of forcing you to reevaluate your direction.

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 22, 2024

So I wasn’t totally surprised when he shared moving from operating to venture capital. Saga says they’re a ‘return to tradition’ and the trio of founding Managing Partners are committed to the craft and to one another. With lots of managers, you feel pressure to bring in ‘managers of managers’ from the outside.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Connect your project management software to your other apps Make your job easier Add that to the "pudding will get hot when heated" warning and the trademark "shower cap fits only one head" disclaimer, and you've got yourself an era in which communication plans are not only a helpful organizational tool but a very necessary one.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 16, 2020

The amount of difficult tasks and important communication threads business owners must juggle every day has grown by an unimaginable magnitude. One person can’t shoulder all of these tasks and responsibilities successfully, which is why startup CEOs need to assemble strong leadership team that they can lean on during difficult times.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The progress women in leadership have made over the past decade is energizing and generates hope and excitement for the future of female entrepreneurs. Hildie’s Botonica Spiked Tincture Tonics, I have been honing my business acumen for the past 19 years while working in the food, wine, and spirits industry. Identify your superpowers.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

The next few posts are going to talk about scaling your sales operations as you move out of the evangelical phase. In the early days of selling it can sometimes be an advantage to not have rigid pricing schedules, complex service level agreements (SLAs), hard-and-fast rate limits, etc. Be realistic about your skills.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. 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.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 5, 2020

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is proud to support International Women’s Day (IWD), which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political contributions of women. With robust female-focused initiatives and a longstanding history of empowering women leaders , EO upholds the mission of this global program every day.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

We asked six members of EO to share the number one thing they’ve learned from another inspiring woman in business. When we compare ourselves to other people, whether it is physically or how big one’s business is, it never leaves us with a feeling of being enough. Be aware that you are on your own journey. Here’s what they said.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

But I personally don’t know if working at Away is any more difficult of a work environment than your average inner-city school classroom, factory floor, or post office, not having worked in any of those places—or whether various stakeholders and onlookers just have different expectations of female founders. VC David Sacks tweeted “??

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Contributed by Rob Cross , professor of global leadership at Babson College, cofounder and research director of the Connected Commons business consortium, and author of Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being. Look at your calendar! What is dysfunctional collaboration?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 13, 2020

At Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) , our mission remains engaging business owners at every stage with the tools, education and community necessary to learn and grow to new levels of leadership , in business and beyond. We have goosebumps every other day at each manifestation of loyalty and support.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. rose to prominence by offering a free, ad-supported alternative to all of the crap your mom got on AOL for a fee.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 3, 2020

Patel is the managing director and vice chairman of P.C. He is known for his leadership in business and charitable pursuits. We make food at Sai temple satadhar one day a month and at Anjani Mata temple every day. How has your work changed since COVID-19 appeared? How has EO supported your efforts?

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Founded in Boulder not long after Paul Graham ran his first cohort at Y combinator, Techstars eventually operated dozens of programs around the world, some under the Techstars brand, but over time and increasingly, in cooperation with corporate partners. Bottom line, Techstars needed cash.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

EO’s quarterly Impact Day events, as part of the sustainability plan, including “Reimagine Success” and “Designing Your Future,” focus on our planet and the vital role businesses play in building a sustainable future. Leadership: Enable transformational leadership that can drive sustainable change in the world.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

As a small business owner, taking your startup to the next level involves many growth strategies. Whether it’s expansion or building your customer base, small business growth takes time, effort, and dedication. . Scaling your business is challenging. . So they operate each day with blind spots.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

Having the right business advisor can be a game-changer for an entrepreneur Starting and growing a business is a challenging and often lonely endeavor. Entrepreneurs are presented with both business and personal challenges as they travel their entrepreneurial journey.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2019

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is committed to helping entrepreneurs learn and grow to new levels of leadership by providing learning opportunities, mentorship and access to experts. A day with Alex Honnold.”. Jordi Mullor, head of operations and marketing, Lexington Wealth Management.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

A well-balanced founding team is critical for laying the business foundation and also navigating the challenges that arise in the early stages. Having that support system, especially in the early days of building a startup is important because it’s really hard.

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StartupNation

JUNE 15, 2021

The following is adapted from “ Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams” by Matt Blumberg. In April 2020, just as the pandemic was beginning to wreak havoc on markets, commerce, communities and the general public, I started a business along with a group of friends.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. In the 5+ years since CLF was founded, we’ve seen firsthand that these partnerships can produce new ideas, new opportunities, and new shifts in culture faster than operating in silos.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

A day of reckoning has come for Thrasio , one of the bigger startups buying up and consolidating third-party Amazon sellers. In that memo to employees, Cashman and Thrasio president Danny Boockvar write that in order to keep Thrasio on its trajectory, the company would need to make certain “strategic and operational changes.”.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

As with any movement, there comes a day when grand visions need to either remain that, or be executed on so that they may evolve to the next stage of development and maturation. How they managed to rally other ecosystem stakeholders into supporting these efforts. Dream Launch Business Program. Eva talks about the early days.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Throughout this growth, we were able to sustain our pace of engineering execution by adhering to four important elements: Hiring the best engineers Building solid long-term foundations from day one Tracking metrics to guide decision-making Keeping teams small and independent 1. Max would call us with new ideas several times a day.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

He’s founder and CEO of Greenhouse , a ‘hiring operating system’ for companies which spans recruiting and onboarding tools for enterprises and SMEs. This means the company is predominantly owned by the management/team and TPG. Is it an evolution or a revolution for your business and customers?

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The 15 Best Strategies for Developing New Business in a Crowded Market In the quest to uncover effective strategies for developing new businesses in a crowded market, we turned to fifteen Founders and CEOs for their tried-and-true tactics. By analyzing the feedback and sign-ups, you can gauge the demand for your product.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

I cover how I met founder Johnny Boufarhat, how the company started in 2019, what the early days were like, what it was like when the pandemic hit, what hyperscaling feels like, and more: What You Learn at a Startup that Grows from $0 to $2 Billion Valuation in 1 Year What You Learn at a Startup that Grows from $0 to $7.75 We pause hiring.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Otter.ai’s service offers an easy way to record meetings, whether in-person through an app on your phone, or online through its integrations with popular web conferencing apps. added Zoom integration back in April 2020 — the early days of the pandemic. With convenient timing, Otter.ai CMO Kurt Apen. Plus, Otter.ai

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Joe’s start as CRO Tido: Joe, what were your first impressions of me? And your feedback to me was, “look, this product is great. And so, I was still operating under that capacity assumption that there were just going to be all of these customer emergencies where someone had sold slightly outside of the lines.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

Maybe you could walk us through a bit of your career arc, what were the key learnings from each of those different periods, and how does that inform what we’re going through today? And it was really early days. So, we were doing something like 70 million downloads a day or something like that.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Please tell us what your company does. What theories concerning women founders did you have at the back of your mind when starting your company, and did it affect you at the early stages? At what point did you begin looking for investors for your company? Fara Ashiru Jituboh , co-founder and CEO, Okra.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

Glovo , a startup out of Spain with 10 million users that delivers restaurant take-out, groceries and other items in partnership with brick-and-mortar businesses, has picked up a Series F of $528 million (€450 million). Michaud would only confirm to me that it was “definitely an up-round,” which would put it at at least $1.7

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