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How to Make Better Reference Calls

Both Sides of the Table

Reference calls. Ask for at least 5 references. As your candidate for at least 5 references. Ask for at least 5 references. As your candidate for at least 5 references. I like to get a mix of people who have reported to the candidate, whom the candidate has reported to (2x) and peers.

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Embracing Your Community as a Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

We did what many VC funds did – we presented our annual results, we stood up and talked about our portfolio companies, we invited a few to also present and then we had dinner & drinks at some posh restaurant. So I decided to change up our format a bit. So I decided to change up our format a bit. I had a few objectives in mind.

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Defending your organization from misinformation with neuroscience

Entrepreneurs' Organization

It probably felt strange and disconcerting, perhaps with a tone of outrage, as in “I don’t believe things more if they’re repeated!”. Reading the second sentence did not inspire such a strong reaction. Your reaction to the third sentence was tame by comparison. It feeds into their fears, which is a very cognitively fluid part of our mind.

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How EO has impacted my life and grown my business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I feel fortunate to have attended three high-level learning opportunities through EO: I attended EO with Harvard Business School Executive Education : Inspiring Entrepreneurial Strategy, with 95 other members from around the globe to develop groundbreaking strategies and skills in analyzing industry evolution that helped our businesses grow.

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EO Global Speakers Academy grads share transformational results

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed to EO by Marina Byezhanova , an active member-leader within EO and a member of EO Canada Bridge chapter. An entrepreneur, global speaker and university instructor, she is on a mission to inspire entrepreneurs to stand out, speak up and be radically authentic. Entrepreneurship is a blend of many skills.

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6 Pillars of Authority Marketing

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I keep a Post-It on my wall with a quote from a professor at my alma mater, Harvard Business School: “Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. But in order to capitalize on that benefit you need to encourage satisfied customers or clients to refer you. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do?it’s

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South Korea’s agtech startup Greenlabs raises $140M Series C to accelerate global expansion

TechCrunch

Smart farming refers to managing farms using technologies like internet of things, robotics and artificial intelligence. It also plans to penetrate to other overseas countries this year by forming strategic partnerships with local agtech and foodtech players, which play similar strategies to Greenlabs, Shin said. Series B round.