Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 27, 2020

As everyone knows, ever since the coronavirus pandemic hit us, most of these businesses have gone from making money to generating almost zero revenue, across the board, in a matter of weeks. We stopped all payments while we did this, and then had very hard conversations with all of our landlords, suppliers and creditors. MOTIVATION.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 28, 2021

People believe that businesses too small should not worry about cybersecurity. As cyberattacks are now automated, it’s easier for cyber terrorists to target thousands of businesses at once. Small businesses often have less technical knowledge when it comes to these threats. Top cybersecurity issues for small businesses.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2020

In an effort to stop the spread and “flatten the curve” through social distancing, much of the world has been on a stay-at-home order. Many nonessential businesses have been forced to close their doors to the public during this pandemic. Contributed by Kaelee Nelson, writer and content specialist.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

I don’t meet many rational invests (VCs or LPs) who believe this will last but of course nobody knows whether we have 6 weeks, 6 months or 2 years. On the other hand a certain amount of growth is fauxmentum caused by the over-funding of the startup markets and ebullient buyers of technology products (both businesses and consumers).

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 1, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY – Students from eight Oklahoma schools were awarded $158,000 in cash prizes and scholarships during the 19th annual Entrepreneur’s Cup last week. In the Small Business division, the first place, $10,000 award went to Tidy Toasties from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 19, 2020

That is true of a company missing its quarter, a sudden management change, and many other forms of bad news. That’s when things stop correlating. Zoom sold off with the market over the last week and a half but has rebounded nicely and year to date is up something like 75%. Some things will return to normal.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 19, 2021

As she marks 25 years in business, Renée shared what she’s learned along her entrepreneurial journey. They would never teach this in business school (not that I went to business school!), These lessons are what made the biggest impact on my business. Treat Your Vendors as Partners (and With Kindness).

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

By Kimberly Green-Kerr, UScellular Business Solutions and Operations Leader. In very welcome news for ecommerce and brick-and-mortar small businesses, many Americans are eager to spend their money during this holiday shopping season. The answers, of course, will vary according to the challenges faced by the individual business.

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Jason Calacanis

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Startups, by their nature, are resource-constrained organizations when compared to the legacy businesses they are trying to displace. Since startups are most often resource-constrained, it's critical to look at what's taking up your time and ask the following three questions: Can we automate this (with software)? While this A.D.D.

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Robert Glazer is a member of EO Boston and the CEO of Acceleration Partners , a leading independent affiliate management agency with 160 employees. A pivotal moment in the entrepreneurial journey is when you make the decision to stop doing everything yourself, and start trusting, and training, others to step up and do more.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

15Five — an early mover in the world of building technology to help motivate teams, and to improve performance management for execs overseeing those teams — has raised $52 million in a round of growth funding that it will be using to expand its own performance. Hassell said the startup was not disclosing valuation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

. “At the awareness stage, businesses are looking to solve a problem or challenge using technology,” writes Hogan. “Therefore, it’s essential to clearly communicate the benefits of your product and develop use cases tailored to the challenges businesses are facing.”

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 13, 2023

If you aren’t embarrassed by your first product, you’ve launched it too late. Image: Unsplash I was an accidental entrepreneur, unexpectedly managing to grow a business for over 20 years from the kitchen table. MVPs are not restricted to tech founders; the principle behind them is sound for any business. Remember Nick?

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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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StartupNation

AUGUST 13, 2021

If you’re a business owner, you may be wondering what steps to take to ensure the long-term prosperity of your enterprise post-pandemic. Now is the perfect time to regroup and see how you can grow your business in the new normal. Did your business barely stay afloat during the pandemic?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

Last week, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which protects consumers from deceptive business practices, issued an advisory titled “Keep your AI claims in check.” Thanks for reading — and for making this TechCrunch’s fastest-growing newsletter last month! 2 (“Management and insights”) Product slide No.

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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. His organization has continued to work remotely. . Caring for Employees. Maintaining Customer Focus.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. The deal was just one of many M&A deals in the fintech space that occurred last week. All I know is if we have more weeks like this one, you’re going to have one exhausted fintech journalist on your hands! Weekly News.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Most of the well-known meltdowns in web3, going all the way back to Mt Gox and including recent failures like 3AC, Celsius, and Alameda/FTX, have happened to centralized companies operating trading, lending, and speculating businesses. Imagine if your email, banking, and social data were public for everyone to see on a blockchain.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Branch , which aims to power faster payments to contract workers with its technology, has raised $75 million in a Series C funding round that has closed just six months after it announced its last financing round. Branch has also launched the ability to instantly issue a business debit card and a new cash back rewards program.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

Managing customer discovery when you can’t leave the house. Most existing investors (those still in business) hoarded their money and stopped doing follow-on rounds until the rubble had cleared. Except, that is, for the bottom feeders of the venture capital business — investors who “cram down” their companies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

committed capital over the course of a decade, according to the last reported data from Cambridge Associates, and 1.5x, according to PitchBook, I believe the answer is a resounding “yes.”. For starters, venture capitalists need to stop engaging in self-delusion about why a valuation that is too high might be OK.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. Give him your warmest welcome — like by giving him a follow on Twitter ! million to turn your whiteboard into a 27-inch display to show off the family’s to-do list, Ivan writes. PDT, subscribe here. Darrell has more.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 8, 2023

This transformative change carried an air of uncertainty that posed potential harm to the business. Instead of rigidly sticking to the original business model, the teams swiftly underwent retraining, services were reshaped, and marketing efforts refocused to meet the emerging demand. We learned to pivot, not panic.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The “Pineapple Express” that dropped several inches of rain over the Bay Area last week left the ground saturated. “The funding route you take has enormous consequences for the future of your company, and so it shouldn’t be clouded by ego or driven by media appetites,” he says. Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 23, 2021

By March 2015, I had stopped attending college and had started going to other colleges and industries, asking them to install solar. We managed to deliver a net sales of nearly $25 million in under 2 years and by the end of 2016, it seemed like nothing would stop us. Getting arrogant is the first step of losing your values.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. Plug in some headphones and bop your head to that song while you catch up on what’s happening out there in the wider worlds. Why Africa had no unicorns last year despite record fundraising haul. PST, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

A new arm of the company, Udemy for Business, just secured a 100,000-employee contract with Cisco Systems to offer software, business and technology courses. A new arm of the company, Udemy for Business, just secured a 100,000-employee contract with Cisco Systems to offer software, business and technology courses.

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Feedough

APRIL 24, 2021

If you have zero financial setbacks, unlimited resources, and bottomless funds that will finance your business’ operations through failures ( In 2019, the failure rate of startups was around 90% ), then stop right now and go back to whatever chore you were doing. How To Start Your Business While Working Full-Time?

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

Tailor Brands , a startup that automates parts of the branding and marketing process for small businesses, announced Thursday it has raised $50 million in Series C funding. Their platform truly helps entrepreneurs start their business quickly and easily with AI-powered logo design and branding services.”.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

According to Gartner, the average organization has implemented about five significant business changes over the last three years. Change management helps the company and all its team members navigate change while obtaining the desired results from it. So, what is change management ?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

5 things you need to win your first customer. Congratulations on shipping your product, but how much do you know about your target customers? “Your investors will also see the fruits of your labor and be comforted knowing their dollars are at good work.”. 5 things you need to win your first customer.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. Enjoy your weekend! billion crypto fund, both of which were announced last May. million to help make sense of your mess of a camera roll. PST, subscribe here. Happy Friday! Welcome aboard!!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

This was effective in a pre-vaccine era when consumers stopped visiting stores, but is the brand-rollup model still viable today? Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+. To wit: Five Flute, an issue-tracking platform for hardware product managers, recently raised a $1.2M To optimize for growth, study your down-funnel metrics.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2023

If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann Last week, I dug into CB Insights’ State of Fintech 2022 report. Welcome to The Interchange !

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Berkonomics

JUNE 22, 2017

Stop me if you’ve heard this story before. “My My job as a (newspaper publisher telephone installer, stockbroker, travel agent, retail store manager) is safe as this economy continues to grow.” has lost 54,000 manufacturing businesses. Last year, Amazon employed 145,800 workers. Just check your local store fronts.

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