Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

When asked, “What was your first entrepreneurial project? I, and my business partner, saw an opportunity to secure a distribution agreement for a product and service that we are passionate about. In that six weeks, we honed the business plan, hired staff and invested in resources. staff business. What did you learn?”

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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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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

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In this second installment of Kym Huynh’s Leadership Toolkit series , Kym asked eight entrepreneurs how they view success. For me business success appeared when I began to understand the difference in being a solopreneur versus being an entrepreneur — #TheEMyth. Ash Rathod, managing director of Digital Focus Creatives.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A smooth sale depends on doing several things right Deciding to sell my business was a pivotal moment in my entrepreneurial journey. I poured my heart out over eight long years to make the business the best it could be, so exiting was a decision that I didn’t take lightly. Financial records are the business’s engine.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

From EO Melbourne , we share the skills of a great middle manager. “Middle management” is the level in a corporate structure that bridges the senior executives and the junior ranks. For business leaders who are weighing the benefits of hiring managers, let’s review what these middle roles can bring to your team.

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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 27, 2023

The 30 Most Important Lessons Learned About Developing New Business In this article, we delve into the wisdom of thirty seasoned professionals, including Founders and CEOs, who share their most important lessons learned in developing a new business. This industry demands not only technical expertise but also emotional strength.

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StartupNation

JUNE 22, 2021

Businesses grow, markets shift and buying behaviors evolve. A brand’s representation of reality begins with and grows under the leadership of a company’s founders, its CEO and its top executives. Here is what you need to know to make an authentic brand come to life: The value of leadership. It must be and remain authentic.

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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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Photo by Matthew Osborn on Unsplash As founder of six startups, advisor to founders, and a startup strategist at IMD ( #1 ranked business school ), I see many mistakes being made and have made many myself. You might have identified an exciting market and now need to test your product in a structured way. Go deep and take your time.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Evernote, the note-taking and task management app founded over 20 years ago, has been acquired by Milan-based app developer Bending Spoons. “For Evernote, this decision is the next strategic step forward on our journey to be an extension of your brain,” Small wrote. But then trouble set in.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

From my own experience and from the experience of helping other people develop their careers, I wanted to share 5 lessons that I found very useful and that will hopefully help you in your pursuit. This article is based on my Medium Day tal k that I held on the 12th of August. It may advance your career a lot.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 20, 2018

Happy World Entrepreneurs’ Day—21 August—to my fellow EO entrepreneurs who work hard and work smart 24/7 to make the changes they want to see in the world. Luckily, my cofounder, Alex Yastrebenetsky, and I met Verne in 2015 when our entire leadership team attended a Scaling Up workshop. Own your niche: hyper-specialize.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

So you might want to be careful whom you tell about your grandiose plans to take over the world.” Navigating the trials and tribulations of running a business, no matter whether you’re a serial entrepreneur or you’re just starting out, can feel a lot like being stuck in a labyrinth. By Mike Monroe. That was almost 10 years ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

I recently wrote a post talking about how some VCs meddle in operating company decisions or some executive teams are too reliant on VCs to jump in and make hard calls for them. So operating at a higher level, helping to set the framework for decision making and then sitting down and watching the game be played, is certainly the way to go.”

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Business owners always say that each company has to live through a real crisis before it becomes a real business. There are a lot of studies about crisis management on the web, but none of them tell us how to manage a company during times of war. Here are six tips for effectively managing a team during a war.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. Oh, and TechCrunch+ is having an Independence Day sale! Now that you have said subscription, head on over to Haje ’s story about your pitch deck needing an operating plan. PDT, subscribe here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

By Rob Dube, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization member in Detroit, is the author of D o Nothing, The Most Rewarding Leadership Challenge You Will Ever Take , set for release in late 2017. He is president and co-founder of imageOne , a document lifecycle management provider and a 2017 Forbes Small Giant. . plus two silent retreats a year?I’m

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

To take that lesson and scale it, Church is launching a new product, available today, that will connect leadership teams to an HR executive who will help craft a company communications plan, a diversity and impact analysis, and day-of support in conducting the layoffs. 10 steps for managing layoffs respectfully.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 20, 2021

While many had already been considering the switch (by implementing schedule flexibility or experimenting with work-from-home days), the current push toward remote work is unprecedented. During just one week in March, business conferencing apps experienced a record-breaking 62 million downloads. And fear not!

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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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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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Your pay is important. You may have encountered situations when you felt your pay was unfairly biased by your manager, recruiter, HR or company policies. You may have encountered situations when you felt your pay was unfairly biased by your manager, recruiter, HR or company policies. Probably not.

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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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

Great teamwork will be your sustainable competitive advantage Photo: Pexels Many leaders have high IQs, and some also have high EQs (Emotional Intelligence). teams usually outperform individuals or groups of individuals) but very few Founder CEOs are skilled at creating a high-performing senior leadership team.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Build trust with founders and then offer your own data-backed take on why a founder’s decision might not be the best decision they could make. When you’re betting on potential, you’re betting on someone’s ability to learn your company and your product. What do you see as your interpersonal impact in a room?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 22, 2022

Contributed by Gino Wickman, a recent EO 360 podcast guest and the author of Traction and The EOS Life , as well as the creator of EOS (the Entrepreneurial Operating System), which more than 140,000 entrepreneurs use to run their companies. He also created The 10 Disciplines for Managing and Maximizing Your Energy.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 3, 2020

Rob Price is the President and CEO at the School of Rock and chatted with us about how COVID-19 impacted the business, but also provided some incredible insights that will be valuable for the long-term. . This allows management teams to focus on other things such as a strategy, growth, and customer service. Working with Franchisees .

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StartupNation

JULY 14, 2021

Here are some great companies offering mental health benefits to consider for your next career move. This remote startup offers unlimited PTO, and encourages employees to take advantage “to protect and maintain their mental health and take mental health days as needed/desired,” Anna Tomani, operations associate, said.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 25, 2023

How to Balance Vision and Execution in Startup Leadership Balancing vision with execution is a key challenge for startup leaders. To strike a balance between our startup’s overarching vision and daily operations, I introduced the “Vision-to-Task Framework.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 30, 2019

John Brandt, CEO and founder of The MPI Group and author of Nincompoopery: Why Your Customers Hate You—and How to Fix It , recently answered questions on customer satisfaction, hiring, innovation and leading change. . “Employees and managers feel overwhelmed, which leads to decision fatigue and paralysis—and Nincompoopery.”

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 26, 2021

These overachievers and members of The Oracles share their strategies to sharpen your focus, prolong your concentration and beat distractions once and for all. You never know when your last day will be, so live from a place of urgency to usher your ideas and dreams into reality. Lewis Howes. Mark Divine.

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Reforge

JANUARY 31, 2023

He began his career scaling marketing and operations to fuel growth with charter schools. A Fractional Executive offers their expertise to a business as part-time leaders, often brought in to help fill leadership gaps or leverage external experience in a new phase of the company’s growth.

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Reforge

JULY 20, 2022

The 4 critical components of every Dream Team 5 steps to building your Dream Team for fast, aligned results Common pitfalls to avoid when setting your team up for success Every startup begins with a close-knit team. In this article, you’ll learn Tom’s tips for setting up fast, aligned teams to drive growth at your company.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. Kikoff is hiring for 10 roles (a mix of hybrid and remote), including senior product manager, associate product manager, senior product designers, engineers and a growth marketing manager. Welcome to The Interchange !

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