Revolution

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Fast forward to today, the tech-forward company spans more than 140 stores nationwide; partners regularly with chefs , artists , and cultural icons ; caters to millions of app users; and has officially debuted as a public company on the NYSE. What did we see in the then-regional salad company?

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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. Given the frequency of these inquiries, I’ve decided to share my insights on creating impactful sales folders. The following folder tips will help you to finalize that next contract.

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Paul G. Silva

APRIL 1, 2025

This shift in mindsetfrom “tell me what to do” to “I’m responsible for making this happen”separates high-performing organizations from average ones. One of our most powerful tools was teaching them to distinguish between tasks and responsibilities. What are the biggest risks to the company?

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

Colin Godby, CEO of Dust Moto, a guest on the podcast se ries Experienced Voices , shared the factors he considered when assembling his founding team to launch an innovative electric dirt bike. One of the lessons that I learned about startups was you can move quickly alone, but you can move fast further as a team, Godby said.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This principle is a core part of how the best companies innovate. Iteration #1: High-Value, but Unsustainable Our first approach was simple: hand-match startups with mentors for one-on-one meetings. Measure and Adjust Track results, analyze feedback, and refine your approach based on real data, not assumptions.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 4, 2025

One-on-Ones and Feedback Structure your 1:1s : Use a four-part format covering performance, relationships, leadership, and innovation. Delegate based on maturity : Adjust your management approach based on the person’s Task Relevant Maturity.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2024

The decision to fund a company is a combination of a lot of human factors—an assessment of one group of humans by another group of humans, fraught with apples-to-oranges comparisons. Yet, everyone’s got an opinion about how a company measures up, especially the founder. ( You sold your last company? Sorry, you can’t.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Contributed by Maurice Thomas, an EO South Florida member who is one of the Champions of the new EO OneWorld initiative, a membership platform affiliated with EO’s New York chapter which believes that a diverse EO is a stronger EO. a solutions-based, logistics and supply chain service company. Are entrepreneurs born or made?

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Space training and explorer operations company Orbite will be bringing the excitement and adventure of space travel to a global customer base. Accor is one of the worlds leading hospitality companies. The companys space experience programs begin in 2025. Astronaut training is a journey that takes time.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

The tenth entrepreneur without the headache is usually the one without a business partner. For me, not having a business partner is one less problem. The best advice I have ever received came from one of my mentors from the US. It’s an amazing life lesson, and one that I will carry with me for the rest of my life.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures , the pre-seed and seed stage VC fund I run in NYC, has invested in 64 companies in the last six and a half years. Twenty-five of them have at least one female co-founder. All were backed based on the sole criteria that they had the potential to make my limited partners a lot of money.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 30, 2021

One of Shawn’s clients is Reza (not his real name), the CEO of a fast-growing distribution company in a wildly competitive space. He worked crazy long hours for over eight years, often missing important family events and skimping on sleep and healthy eating. Often, help is just one email, text or phone call away?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The joy we once felt building our companies has vanished over time. Sleepless nights are followed by feeling exhausted in the office or on the road and a struggle to stay focused during the day. The results often include meaningful professional lives, personal satisfaction, and joy. With such rewards, however, come great risks.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

At the same time, many investors are being more cautious with making new investments, preferring to focus on their existing portfolio before investing in new companies. I can personally attest that it’s very easy for a startup CEO to feel alone and isolated. Remember that you are not alone. A startup is not a lone adventure.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 11, 2021

In one hour we learned enough from the founder to be able to make a decision on whether or not to invest in the founder’s company. In the last year, events like the latter one have been commonplace. Many things are more efficient on-screen but some things are way better in-person.

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 6, 2025

Real-World Applications Recently, while preparing for my inaugural AP Catalyst event (which connected angel investors, portfolio companies, and private equity firms), I consulted my virtual board about maximizing the event’s impact. You are going to play the role of multiple people to serve on my personal board of advisors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2021

And one of the most powerful ways to accomplish this is by encouraging valuable experience sharing. Becoming part of the EO was one of the best decisions that I have ever made to make sure that I wasn’t alone. The answer depends on the individual, their unique personality, and their approach to business.

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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 21, 2025

Elon Musk forewarns founders of the challenge they are taking on, stating, “Starting a company is like eating glass and staring into the abyss.”He ”He offers that bleak insight, having founded two of the most successful companies of our time, Tesla and SpaceX. They’re done by a team of people.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

I’ve become fond of saying “if I had a dollar for every person who told me just how much they loooooved Kara Nortman, I’d have a 10x fund.” On paper she’s more qualified than Yves or myself so with that out of the way can we now just focus on her skills and how you help me recruit her?” So What Does All This Mean?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 18, 2020

Whether your business has remained open, scaled back, temporarily closed, or even ramped up during the coronavirus pandemic, there’s one thing we all have in common: Commerce as we knew it has—perhaps forever—changed. People can also be infected when they touch a surface with the virus on it and then touch their eyes, nose or mouth.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 26, 2022

“Personal Branding” The term is fingernails on a chalkboard-level cringe for many of the best founders—mostly because it feels most of the people who spend time building their personal brand don’t actually have much there there behind it. At best it’s boasting and at worst, it’s blowing smoke. That’s just not how it works.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

With our commitment to driving transformational growth in our members’ lives, EO is proud to congratulate the 228 member-owned companies that earned a coveted spot on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list , which celebrates the fastest-growing privately owned companies in the United States based on three-year revenue growth. “I

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 12, 2022

Justine Tiu co-founded a crochet kit company, The Woobles , with her husband. She describes her company as an e-commerce store that sells learn-to-crochet kits for complete beginners. We’ve been profitable from day one because of our specific product type plus our scrappy nature. Growth is one of our company values.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Lauren Messiah: This Los Angeles­–based EO member has built a robust business at the intersection of personal development and personal style. Kathy David: From waitress to bank manager to CEO of her own IT security company—Kathy’s journey is a lesson in perseverance. Listen here. You say yes, says Debbie Goodman-Bhyat.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 25, 2023

That includes investing way earlier than they would normally, investing outside of scope, investing with their personal capital outside of the fund, etc. There are lots of reasons I don’t see the risk/return tradeoff in this company being worth a bet, but I just picked one because I don’t feel like spending the time to list all of them.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

As we all prepare for the fall back to school/back to work season, I thought I’d touch on a topic that has been top of mind for me for the last six months. The covid pandemic taught many of us that we can be productive and our companies can succeed in a fully remote work environment. Teams should meet in person regularly.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

They imagine it to look something like this: They think that there are some deals that are automatic yeses and some that are just bad, but there’s a whole lot that are kind of in the middle—deals that can be nudged over to one side or the other based on things like clever fundraising strategy or the presence of bias. That adds risk.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In some ways it feels like a company that has gone partially remote—where you still get certain types of interaction on “office days” that you can’t get at home, but it’s definitely not what it was. You shouldn’t post any content that you wouldn’t create if you knew no one would see it. Personally, I like to write.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 13, 2022

Whenever I submit a term sheet, I always caveat it by saying the following: “This is the one time we’re completely misaligned. I’m incentivized to buy up as much of the company at as low a price as possible and you’re incentivized to sell as little of the company as possible by raising the price.”. Founders seem to get that.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Leaders displayed tremendous adaptability during the pandemic—an outcome my consulting company’s been pushing for years. Some companies are going fully remote while others have drastically expanded their flexible work policies. Here are three action steps to better lead your company in an ever-evolving business world: 1.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2021

We asked Dr. Tsipursky to explain how companies can help employees adapt and thrive to hybrid return-to-office scenarios. During pandemic lockdowns, companies quickly shifted to working from home. Numerous companies simply transposed their office culture style of collaboration to remote work, to unsatisfactory results. .

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 15, 2025

The company’s AI agents streamline clients’ human resources workflows, enhance data-driven decision-making, and drive organizational impact. As part of this effort, Legardez will relocate to New York City from the company’s headquarters in Paris to establish a U.S. market, representing 30% of its business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Had I known back then what I know today, I would: Declutter all aspects of my life and lead a much leaner life both professionally and personally. The picture looks very similar in my current business, which has left me—let alone the entire company—in the fortunate position of frictionless transition into a COVID-19 world.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Katherine learned to overcome challenges, as the only woman in the company, through her determination to build sustainable marketing skills. Throughout this experience, she learned how to develop expertise on digital media platforms for monetization. Make sure that your brand has a personality.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

There are four common types of business structures in New Zealand: Sole Trader Company Partnership Trust Operating as a sole trader might be the easiest and simplest, but leaves you personally liable for business debts. This means if your business incur debt, you’ll have to use your personal assets to pay off the debt.

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