Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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. Let me share five of my takeaways, gained by learning together with such extraordinary people. Some might be helpful for you, too.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Before starting his own company, Boon’s Computer Repairs , in 2014 in St. What drove you to start your radio show? I started my radio show, IT Talks , when I realized radio was an effective tool for marketing for my computer repair business. How has YLAI helped you in your mission? . By Jewelle Saunders.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2024

Still, there are a lot of downsides to taking venture money—the push to grow at all costs, our desire to be all up in your business, literally, and sometimes, we’re kind of obnoxious. They might not understand how a pre-revenue startup could be worth anything, let alone be valued at $5mm. Can they lose this money?

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Today I’m releasing version 7, which incorporates changes to help get your innovation adopted. There are a lot of tools that can help, but each has limitations: The Business Model Canvas identifies the big picture hypotheses of your venture… but struggles to help you ID what is needed to get all your key stakeholders on board.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

His creative recruitment business was growing and he needed stronger personnel management skills, which was an area I had spent the previous 10 years developing in my own career. We would work closely to create the next chapter of our business together. I was excited to start this perfect wedded-working venture together.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

After applying to multiple companies, she got a decent job offer, only to have her hopes dashed when the offer was rescinded via certified mail the evening before she was scheduled to start. While driving around with a friend who owned a tow truck business, she had an Aha! When we lead with that, we get better results.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The process of selling a business is complex and multifaceted : It involves working with multiple stakeholders who sometimes have conflicting priorities. While only you can decide when to sell your business , you also must rely on these other stakeholders in order to have a successful sale. Why sell your business?

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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. It was my 26 th birthday, and I was officially starting my company, Renée Rouleau Skin Care, in Dallas, Texas (though I would eventually relocate the company headquarters to Austin). Treat Your Vendors as Partners (and With Kindness).

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 15, 2020

Following our Global Money Week Facebook chat on money management, budgeting, and financial planning in March 2020, we noticed an influx of questions about how to best manage your money and project growth during uncertain times. During a time of income uncertainty, getting up-to-date information can ease your stress and your worries.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 8, 2022

If none of those things is going to happen in a relatively short period of time, then it is a bridge to nowhere and you really want to avoid that. An alternative to a bridge is an “insider round” where the existing investors provide sufficient capital to fund the business for eighteen to twenty-four months.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2023

If you’ve made it this far into 2023 without hearing about ChatGPT or the artificial intelligence (AI) technology powering the tool, here’s your notice: it’s time to pay attention. It has already started disrupting many industries, most notably education and computer programming. Feedback is supposed to be about getting better.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 15, 2022

As one of the best marketing channels to connect with audiences and build your brand , email continues to serve as a valuable tool to communicate with potential customers and move them further along your conversion funnel. Adding creative videos to your emails is a great way to achieve this. Let your video be the centerpiece.

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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. However, it’s a reminder that not everything has to be perfect on the first go.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

Angela: You’ve had 3 corporate careers and Global Payments was really your first operating role. Talk through the journey before you started Global Payments, and then why did you specifically join when you did? I started out as a lawyer, corporate finance lawyer, for about two and a half years. Jeff: Yeah.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2023

The way you speak and express yourself provides vital context to internal communications (IC), making it easier for your team to understand the message. Therefore, no matter what your organization is up to, video content can enhance your communications strategy. suitable for.

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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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 16, 2023

We carry it from relationship to relationship, job to job and business to business. Whatever you’re doing now, your past experience will affect your actions. But after the big exit, a new question started to surface: what’s next ? We all have it. That’s a lesson I’m learning the hard way right now.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2020

It doesn’t matter what business you run or the industry you’re in. If you are the business owner or a key member of leadership, the buck stops with you. Something inappropriate or dangerous slips through quality assurance and makes it into the stores or gets shipped to your customers. If you messed up, own it.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2022

But just like any other exceptional adventure, entrepreneurship comes with pros and cons, and there are plenty of obstacles and difficulties that need to be taken into account, especially when just starting. (I I strongly believe in proper preparation before executing a plan or emerging into deep business waters.

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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

JUNE 29, 2022

If data is at the heart of any modern business, it needs to be easier to access and manipulate it without expertise. The founders of Zing Data recognized this fundamental problem with data access, and they went to work building a mobile application that would let users get into the data themselves. Today, the company announced a $2.4

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

What advice would you give your past self? The question I asked them was this: If you could go back in time and give your younger self some advice just as you were starting your founder journey, what would you say? Instead, remember them to increase your gratitude for your team.

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Make sure your team members know what is expected of them and how their work contributes to the overall goals of the startup. Give your team members the authority to make decisions about their work. Encourage your team members to collaborate with each other and share ideas. This can be your reality!

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Techniques to minimize churn and maximize your returns. Let’s get down to the basics of why preventing churn is a must for your business’s growth and how you can tackle it effectively. Churn is when customers, for one reason or another, decide they’re done with your service or product. It feels great, right?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 31, 2020

It’s easy to feel under-qualified when you’re about to start a new business. There are so many factors that play into whether or not your business will succeed. To find out how these skills and others can help you run a successful business, keep reading. It’s a huge undertaking! Financial literacy.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Starting a business is easy – you just have to submit a few forms, get the required permit or license, and offer legitimate products/services. But making your business a success is altogether a different story. By implementing these critical business lessons, you can maximize your business success.

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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. But I still wasn’t sure where to start with an answer. Let’s debunk a few. Frank Robinson , CEO of SyncDev Inc.,

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StartupNation

AUGUST 6, 2021

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff discusses the top reasons that businesses fail, as found from a study by CB Insights. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn more about why small businesses fail: Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. for the WJR Business Beat. Let’s take a look.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Mistakes made in building and selling an agency Image: Jodie Cook Once they reach a certain level, business owners can get pretty cocky. Sure of themselves and their ability, they start to believe they are invincible. Chapter One: Build a Business The first three years were everything a new business should be.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

Why should you go to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in San Francisco on September 19–21? Let us count the reasons. We could hit double digits, but we’ll stop at five because you’re busy people with unicorns to chase. Besides, these five should be tempting enough for anyone interested in building a bigger, better startup — in less time.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

Growing a B2B business is becoming increasingly complex. Tracing the thread connecting an ad impression to a website visitor, their business identity and a record in a CRM is really, really difficult. It’s not easy to go to market as a B2B company, but it is easy to think that a new tool or platform will help you “fix” things.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Nowhere is this truer than in the business world. . Having someone to guide you through your career — or part of it, at least — can be the key to success. A mentor can be anyone from a senior colleague to a boss to a highly regarded professional in your field. They’ll help you to reach your full potential.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The foundation models we use today aren’t just beating humans at Jeopardy, or playing Go at a supernatural level, or powering better recommendation engines—they’re changing and creating new user behavior across art, design, games, medicine, coding, and even human relationships. They get created when they’re 10,000x better.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

They step into the shoes of a business owner for the first time and find (to their surprise) that nearly everything involves negotiation of some kind, and they may not always have those negotiation techniques down. Starting a business requires, quite literally, hundreds of negotiations. Start with yourself.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

Often times we see “success” and think that it was “overnight” We forget that most of the business success we see, was a slow and steady progression of mistakes, of learning. Going to school to get my bachelor’s degree while working a full-time job. How to build a brand that will benefit your business?

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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. From start to finish, my exit took 11 months.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 21, 2021

Some people say they were born to run their own business, but me? I never envisioned myself as an entrepreneur with a healthcare business. Yet two years later, I started my career in clinical diabetes and obesity research. My Healthcare Business Backstory. Hidden business opportunities. Portable business.

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