Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

She is the co-founder of Brand of a Leader , the personal branding agency for entrepreneurs. Marina’s other posts include 7 Ways to Maximize your Global Speakers Academy Experience and Will We Meet at EO’s Global Leadership Conference this year? What was your main motivation for attending Global Speakers Academy?

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StartupNation

MAY 30, 2021

The business of personal development coaching and live or virtual events that “transform your life and 10X your revenue” has exploded in the last 10 years or so. My business partner, Patrick Combs, and I run a transformational company called Bliss Champions and recently published a book called “Purpose Code.”

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 28, 2016

That's what should be pretty obvious about getting good press: You can't get other people to tell your story unless you know how to tell it first. Telling your story isn't just about conveying information about your company--it's about giving someone a framework that makes them feel like they know how to be successful as well.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2023

“Usually the best way to figure out if your crazy idea is any good is simply to try it. This week, 16 years after its reinvention as a streaming company, Netflix announced that it’s shuttering its mail-order DVDs business. All I knew was that I wanted to start my own company and sell things on the internet.

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

To understand the importance of mentorship for startup businesses, we gathered insights from 16 experienced CEOs, founders, and industry experts. Mentors have years of working in the industry they are consulting for and can identify business opportunities for the startup. A mentor can also help you with business organization.

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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? That’s churn.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2020

Some years ago, I discovered personal development as a critical focus to look after my best self as a result of an emotional breakup. I started to attend events, meetups, read lots of self-help books, and surprisingly the personal development forums were mostly about entrepreneurship. How to manage your time? Attraction.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 7, 2023

Entrepreneur to Investor: Jason Mackey’s Personal Journey from Serial Entrepreneur to Emerging Venture Capitalist Jason Mackey, a serial entrepreneur, and emerging venture capitalist, has a proven track record of fostering successful businesses in the United States and the United Kingdom. How did you break into tech investing?

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Four New Zealand business owners share how they’ve looked after their own wellbeing during the tougher moments of COVID-19, and how they’re preparing to recover and thrive. That’s both business resilience – being able to respond to the ebbs and flows of an unstable market – as well as personal resilience.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

When you hear the word “intranet,” chances are your mind is conjuring up images of badly designed internal communications platforms from the early aughts: a place for your internal communications team to post announcements you’re not going to read. That number has dropped significantly since the start of the pandemic.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

As a small business owner, taking your startup to the next level involves many growth strategies. Whether it’s expansion or building your customer base, small business growth takes time, effort, and dedication. . Scaling your business is challenging. . Aligning Leadership with your Business Model.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

It is human nature to start in a new position with enthusiasm, lofty goals, new ideas, and a heightened awareness of those around us and their ideas for the business. You were ready and willing to effect change, to listen to anyone, to take in ideas, and share yours with your peers. Now how about “your today?”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

Try to imagine if you *didn’t* already know Amazon and the company walking into VC meetings telling people they were going to disrupt the selling of all goods starting with books but then extending into electronics, apparel, toys and so forth. ” Let’s start with some basics. How valuable are these legacy businesses?

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StartupNation

APRIL 9, 2021

The pandemic’s effect on business has been staggering: In 2020, 163,000 businesses closed on Yelp during the first six months of the pandemic alone. On the flip side, many more businesses made it through, and a lot of those actually thrived. A solid business plan. Last year, businesses owners faced countless challenges.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Check out the first post on bringing your best self to work in an age of uncertainty and the second post on optimizing strengths for better work/life fulfillment. Being strengths aware is also a key indicator of a person’s ability to lead their own lives effectively and lead others. A good start!

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Gust

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

A while back, when a startup founder mentioned to me that he wasn’t sure he had the personality to be an entrepreneur, I realized how important that insight was. Actually, it’s more complicated than that, but that’s a good start. When running a business, you’ll be doing a little bit of everything. Risk energizes you.

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StartupNation

MAY 24, 2021

Since most investors invest in people, not companies, digital presentations often make it difficult for that sparkling personality to come through. That pitch needs to be on point, with a clear and concise executive summary, a detailed business plan and a killer pitch deck that makes a compelling case to invest. Go in warm.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2020

Ramon had a chance to chat with Li Hayes and the PPA.com network — Professional Photographers of America — on Facebook Live about how social media can help kickstart your business. While social media marketing is nothing new, this pandemic has caused many businesses to start thinking outside of the box. Where do you fall?

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2022

The key to timing is easy, according to this CEO: Fundraise when your confidence is high. Each week on TechCrunch Live , investors and entrepreneurs share lessons learned from personal experiences. Unfortunately, sometimes this doesn’t correlate with your company’s numbers. And the time has to be correct.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 23, 2020

Businesses are crumbling, unemployment is on the rise, liquidity crisis deepens in all the countries, and the world has slipped into recession. Though many people had to close their businesses, they still have a choice. What will you personally do to reinvent yourself,” Ray asks. Do you have a mindset for business?”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Similar to remote schooling, the startups that kept their programs had a huge hurdle to face: How do you teach and train students across the world about your company? Every year, organizations are reinventing the wheel and starting their internship program from scratch,” Ahva Sadeghi , CEO of Symba, said.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 15, 2020

Small business growth has always been challenging, it's even tougher these past few months. The state of small business owners outside of the USA is often even bleaker as most developing countries can't offer the support for their smallest companies that we have in the USA or in most developed countries. So what can we do about it.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Ramon Ray shares with Rylee Meeks an inspired talk about the biggest challenge in selling, how to succeed in it, and how personal branding can open doors others don’t even see. Personal branding is near and dear to Ramon Ray’s heart. After all, he says it opens a lot of doors for his business. Personal branding is critical.

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OkDork

JULY 1, 2022

There’s a new type of business I’m seeing more and more of: Super successful one-person companies. All 3 of these one-person companies are million-dollar businesses, and they just hire freelancers to operate. Super Successful One-Person Companies. One-Person Company #1: The Babysitting Company. I love this.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 15, 2023

How to Determine if Your Idea for a New Business is Viable? Entrepreneurs often grapple with the viability of their new business ideas, and to shed light on this crucial step, we’ve gathered twenty-one insights from Founders and CEOs. Whether you can make money will boil down to your marketing and sales skills.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 22, 2024

How to Leverage SEO to Drive Traffic to Your Startup’s Website In the ever-evolving landscape of digital marketing, leveraging SEO is crucial for driving traffic to a startup’s website. Dive into the collective wisdom of these professionals to boost your startup’s online presence. The same logic applies to press commentary.

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StartupNation

MARCH 17, 2021

If you’re interested in garnering visibility for your business now, or in the future, you’ll want a press kit. A press kit is a designated resource that provides access to information about your brand, products and company. A press kit is your company’s highlight reel bundled into a well-organized, easy-to-access package.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Even as some return to the office, many of us don’t see each other face-to-face, and even if we have checked in together virtually or in person, our groups of colleagues might be rapidly shifting around. If you feel more connected and understand and care what other people have to say on your team, you get more value.”

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StartupNation

MARCH 15, 2021

Startups and small businesses continue to pivot and adapt their operations to meet both the changing demands of shoppers and the near constant evolution of local regulations. The one-year anniversary of the pandemic also marks a unique point for entrepreneurs hoping to rebound or even grow their businesses in the near future.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2022

To get this in your inbox early, subscribe here. The $100 million round was led by Tiger Global and Accomplice, valuing the business at $4.1 If your entire focus is on shipping velocity and shipping great products, growing headcount is actually counter to that,” he said. It wasn’t necessarily expected. Deal of the week.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

I wanted to encourage more of our Limited Partner (LPs, or the people who invest in VC funds) to attend our annual meeting in person. It’s how we evaluate your companies.” When we were rebuilding our LP base one of the single most helpful person to me as a friend, sparring partner and reference was Dana Settle of Greycroft.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

If you’ve ever sold a house, you know what a pain it is to go through the process of listing, showing and negotiating the sale of your home. For example, sellers can also line up virtual or in-person showings on their own schedule. Aalto is the first company to reinvent how homes are bought and sold by putting the consumer first.

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Reforge

MAY 30, 2023

When we started Reforge in 2015, we built it mainly to help individual members unlock step change growth in their careers. We helped businesses by helping those individuals. Never start from scratch It’s unnecessary to start from scratch on most projects, and Reforge provides teams with trusted resources to help go from zero to one.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The company has a freemium business model and will also be rolling out a business plan this fall for $16 per user per month. Otter.ai’s newest feature offers live, interactive transcripts of your Zoom meetings. Prior to starting Vowel, Berman was one of the founders of baby monitor company Nanit.

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StartupNation

APRIL 20, 2021

But I’m pretty sure that Greg Schwartz didn’t make your top 100 list. StartupNation has partnered with Yottled to provide the fastest way to bring your business online. Get started for free. Back in the early days of the internet, he daydreamed about starting a tech company. It was really hard,” Greg shares. “It

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Reforge

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Table of Contents What happens when we lose sight of customers How customer-centricity builds a competitive moat How to know if you’ve left your customers behind How to get back on track Common mistakes to avoid Data shows that customer-centered businesses outperform their competition. As the business grows, the team does, too.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2023

To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. My journalistic one, beyond working more on my writing craft and perhaps getting started on this book dream I’ve had forever, is to do more follow-up stories. Doom and gloom is part of the story, always, but I think there’s also news to be found in the reinvention and reframing of tech.

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