Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 15, 2024

Don’t miss our previous posts on How to Protect Your Mental Health When Starting a Business and 5 Strategies To Change Your Inner Dialogue From Critic to Advocate and 3 Steps to Safeguard Your Mental Health and Become a Better, More Effective Leader. The gymnast needs both her mind and body to put together a winning routine.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the process of finding, funding, and supporting startups that will transform their markets, investors can get caught up in KPIs, ROI, and other three-letter success indicators. How often do we consider those factors in the context of portfolio support? Founders are not machines. I’d argue not enough. adults live with mental illness.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 22, 2020

The YLAI Network online courses Management Strategies for People and Resources and Smart Entrepreneurship: Next Steps in Expanding Your Enterprise can expand your knowledge on how to be a better leader, manage a crisis and effectively grow your business. Starting a business requires a strong will in order to get a venture off the ground.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2021

Insights and lessons from peers around the world are the key benefits of EO membership. . Most of my closest friends are people that I met as clients, peers, or through my entrepreneurial journey. At the core of Entrepreneurs’ Organization ‘s mission is helping entrepreneurs achieve their full potential.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 11, 2022

After experiencing insurance and financial services businesses take advantage of people she cared for, State Farm agent owner Emma Allen knew she would go into that industry to support her community. EO staff member Cydney Melton asked Emma about her experience. In 2013, Allen went into business in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Our team evaluates each potential investment opportunity through lenses familiar to many of our venture peers: market, product, team, and traction. The report also recaps our 2021 investment highlights and shares our thinking on the trends that will continue to drive our strategy in 2022. Place Matters”?—?Rise

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

Whether youre still in the idea phase or your startup is underway, here are several key strategies and principles that can help steer you toward success. Two prominent entrepreneurs share their views on starting a business plus 10 tips every first-time founder should have.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 28, 2016

On a personal level, giving entrepreneurs the support and resources to realize their potential is immensely valuable on many levels. Having the right people in the right seats can hone your operations and output, with the right processes and strategy. This is normal, but it doesn’t have to be! You wear all of the hats in your business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Whether it’s securing investment capital, marketing a concept, recruiting new talent or leaning on peers for support and advice, having a solid network can seriously work to your benefit. Let’s focus on the traits shared by most entrepreneurs—and how you can tap into these characteristics to jumpstart your own success. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2021

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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 18, 2021

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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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. 2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2014

In case you don’t know – as VCs we have have 2 sets of customers: LPs (limited partners) who invest money in our funds and entrepreneurs (who we in turn give money to and help support them in building businesses we hope will be valuable). Contrast that with a VC conversation I had. We were talking about raising money from LPs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 19, 2024

Who better than our EO community to offer creative strategies for mitigating the adverse effects of stress? Who better than our EO community to offer creative strategies for mitigating the adverse effects of stress? I needed more support, so being a founder, I created it. “I

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

These businesses deserve our support and celebration; they make up the bulk of the existing entrepreneurial ecosystem in any community. After all, the only way to fill a gap is to identify it, and work collaboratively to address and overcome systemic barriers to better support small business success.

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Hunter Walk

APRIL 21, 2025

While I’m going to focus on investor secondary here, I support common share sales as well – for example, back in 2014 writing “ Getting Some Founders Early Liquidity Can Benefit VCs ” during a period where many founders were being shamed for even asking about taking some money off the table.]

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Impact Hub

MARCH 6, 2025

How Capsule is supporting young women to build thriving businesses Despite Romania’s growing startup ecosystem, women founders remain disproportionately low. Its a striking reminder that beyond financial resources and business plans, confidence and support networks are essential for female entrepreneurs to thrive.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2025

Attendees who purchase a Diamond level ticket will have the opportunity to take a photo with Dan, plus network with like-minded peers in the Diamond Lounge. The ultimate live event for entrepreneurs, INSPIRE + SUCCEED is coming to New Zealand for the first time in April-May, presented by Success Resources. said Brianne.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

And I spoke with the CTO of another great company I used to be on the board of and enlisted his support in potentially being an advisor to one company. You might first seek to meet your peer group in comparable jobs at similar companies. Having a peer group of people “like you” is incredibly helpful. Whom to Meet?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It is a time that has tested many of us. Yet, as I mark five years leading the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) as its CEO, it’s a good time to reflect on five key insights gained from such a remarkable community of business founders. These are lessons I have learned, thanks to all of you. Each possesses the unique traits of entrepreneurship.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Starting as a project manager with a background in engineering, Ashna launched YHS to develop and implement community projects supporting the U.N. At home she had always learned to share and help others, and her desire to support increasingly more people evolved over time. The Origins of Young Help Suriname (YHS).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. I have talked about this publicly a great deal – how I prefer “missionaries” over “mercenaries.” It’s your baby.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 13, 2020

However, small brands would benefit from taking a broad perspective and diversifying their sales channel strategy to position them for future growth. Prioritizing accurate product information to support these channels is also critical to long-term growth. Are you prepared to think big?

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 11, 2023

million in its seed round in 2021, with support from Philippine’s venture capital investor Foxmont Capital Partners. The new funding infusion gained support from diverse investors, including venture capitalists, family offices, and existing angel investors from the Philippines, the US, and Europe. AHG Lab had previously secured $1.1

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

Guests include other veteran entrepreneurs, mentors, and experts like attorneys and marketing specialists, including the leader of Verizon’s veteran employee resource group who shared information about Verizon support for small business owners along with his own personal experience as an entrepreneur. Brianna Ellison.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2021

Not only did I want resources that mimic a “real-life business school” to help me learn where and how I could improve as a leader and business owner, but also I wanted a peer group who could empathize with my struggles and challenge me to grow daily. I wanted to share those relationships and experiences with others. .

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 27, 2023

These services include virtual salespeople and inventory management support, a digital marketplace for distributors. The company collaborates with various peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders and traditional banks, including one that is also an investor in the company. million in a seed funding round, as announced on Tuesday.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

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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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

The other day, I got interviewed for Business Insider. It was a good interview, save for that little vein that I had no idea was so prominently featured on the side of my head--but what's a bald guy to do? At least it's not a weird fold in the back or a dent at the top. All hat and no cattle as they say. How about as a VC? And you know what?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2016

Yesterday I wrote a primer on how to use Snapchat for my peer group of “over 30” people who don’t yet “get” Snapchat. Today I want to talk briefly about why I believe Snapchat is an important media company. From the business perspective you need to understand a few things about media and video in particular.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 28, 2019

We all have strategies and ideas, but the difference between businesses that grow fast and those that grow slowly is the ability to execute and put things into place. Costa Vasili’s story is similar to the stories of many other young entrepreneurs. What sets him apart? Costa Vasili is a son of migrant parents. 1 critical life lesson.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth. Nearly every startup I have spoken to over the years – including some where I’m a co-investor – talks positively about the support they’ve gotten from A16Z.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

He said that peer-to-peer platforms still split payments “in a very rudimentary” way, while Ivella wanted to intercept transaction authorizations so that people are only charged what they set their ratio to be. Can both users support their end of the payment based off of their default split?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Founders shouldn’t let peer pressure or investor check size mandates dictate their financing strategy. These statistics support the notion that just because a company raises significant amounts of capital (especially early on), there is no guarantee of a successful investment outcome.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2018

The incessantly talked-about “company culture” and “employer branding” are rapidly transitioning from fun-to-discuss and cool-to-brag-about concepts to being an essential part of any winning organization’s business strategy. A culture branding strategy can then be crafted to attract attention and to enhance hiring efforts.

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StartupNation

MAY 16, 2021

As a leader, they often feel compelled to act as a support system for others, even when needing support themselves. These feelings need to be talked about with professionals and with peers. The ambiguous nature of business goes hand-in-hand with uncertainty, stress, anxiety and even crushing depression.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2016

Lamey Wellehan is pursuing abundance by weaving sustainability and business strategy together, simultaneously producing outstanding results for the enterprise, planet and community. By some estimates, it takes 1 million pounds of raw material to support the lifestyle of an average American in a year. Share and prosper.

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