Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 23, 2021

Every business owner wants it, especially after the economic roller coaster and reset of 2020. Yet most entrepreneurs have spent the past year in survival mode, not planning mode. Chances are strong that you used the pandemic as an opportunity to reset your business and redefine success. Recurring business ratio.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

Here’s what I learned. Why do today what I can put off until tomorrow, right? I have always been good at prioritizing what is important but bad about starting my work early enough. I was the guy in high school who didn’t have to study early to do well on tests and that continued into college.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In my experience, it’s critical to uncover the secrets of fishing in the perfect spots to hook the right clients and employees for your business success. In my experience, it’s critical to uncover the secrets of fishing in the perfect spots to hook the right clients and employees for your business success. Where do you find big fish?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. We have been advising a lot of entrepreneurs so I thought I’d “open source” some of the advice I have been sharing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 10, 2024

Do You Even Know Your Own Brand? Can you clearly describe what your brand is and, equally important, what it isn’t? Can your newest hire articulate it, and do they understand how their day-to-day actions reinforce it? When you make strategic decisions, is it easy to determine what is on-brand — and what is off-brand?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 16, 2020

Today, as we navigate an unprecedented global health crisis , an entrepreneur’s role becomes even more demanding. The amount of difficult tasks and important communication threads business owners must juggle every day has grown by an unimaginable magnitude. Action-oriented. Collaborative. Communicative.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2020

As uncertainty swirls around how long the COVID-19 crisis is going to last, many businesses are temporarily shuttered. We spoke with Greg Crabtree , chair of EO@Wharton Executive Education program, to gain insights on how to plan during these uncertain times. Greg Crabtree is a speaker, author, entrepreneur and financial expert.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2011

I went to undergrad at UCSD, which is not a place known for its Greek institutions and my father grew up in South America and had know idea what a fraternity was. Yet being in a fraternity was one of the most transformative experiences I had in college and prepared me better for becoming an entrepreneur than any class that I took.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 4, 2023

As an entrepreneur or founder starting a business, you may think of capital as purely monetary. Capital is often viewed only as an opportunity for an infusion of money into a business to get it started or grow and scale your company. Many entrepreneurs leverage a uniquely laser-focused mindset to bring their vision into reality.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As a business consultant, I saw senior leaders shift their teams to fully remote work when, prior to the pandemic, they only allowed flexible schedules on an individually earned basis. In many ways, hybrid and remote work created corporate excitement around trying new things. Don’t filter what communication you give employees.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? Aren’t you ever tempted to go back and do it again?”. If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. On Being an Entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations. I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. Yesterday was a Monday. tl;dr summary.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 28, 2025

Learn what investors want to hear that triggers their investment decisions. Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, a leading venture capital firm, says, “The thing that gets me most excited is the founder whos obsessed with solving a problem that matters, and is determined to keep going no matter what.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

That, plus I love the space of high-customer-service, focused eCommerce for moms worried about what their kids eat & wear.&#. But life would have been much easier if we could have just gone to EcoMom and let them do the vetting for us. I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Eric Partaker is an EO London member, a certified high-performance coach, award-winning entrepreneur, motivational speaker and author of The 3 Alarms. Do you want to achieve work-life balance, become a better leader and improve productivity? Do you want to achieve work-life balance, become a better leader and improve productivity?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It’s the story of what’s broken with the education system in the US. They are often raised by single moms, grandparents or under-educated immigrant parents who want the same thing for their children that we do for our own. Work hard, do well in school and you can have a better life? We already have a jobs gap.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2024

After my job salary was cut on February 10, 2017, I had to quickly figure out a solution for success. Despite having zero business background, I started my first company on April 16, 2017. Most run extremely successful businesses in the high-six-figure to ten-figure range that are extensions of their purpose.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 17, 2024

As entrepreneurs, we tend to view the exit of our businesses as the ultimate North Star. I remember reading a Harvard Business Review article in which the author shared that, after congratulating him on his exit, his mentor followed up with, “Now get ready for a depression.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Contributed by Raj Thakkar, founder and CEO, Charter School Business Management Inc. What would you do if you had to step away unexpectedly from your business for four months, just days after you’d landed your biggest client ever? That’s the quandary I faced in July 2019. That’s the quandary I faced in July 2019.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

If you didn’t notice that the stock markets in the US dropped nearly 4% today (after falling last Thursday and Friday) then you were probably completely off-the-grid and on vacation. And if that’s what he meant he was right. Neither do I. But I do have some insight into how this will affect venture markets.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2022

Contributed by Dr. Carrie Santos, CEO of Entrepreneurs’ Organization. They met with some of these members, as well as other compassionate, agile entrepreneurs from around the world, who are—together—stepping up to support people in this time of great stress and need. Even in the face of extreme tragedy, this is what people need most.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The words “sleep” and “entrepreneur” may seem like strange bedfellows unless you are running a start-up in areas such as making mattresses or developing a new Sleep app. So what is enough sleep? Way too often, in my opinion, there is an emphasis on the downside of not getting enough quality sleep.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Written for EO by Don Scott , who applies 35 years’ experience in business and finance with a master’s degree in psychology to explore the path to meaningful change. We equate being busy as being virtuous. It must be productive. (Or You might see the problem, but keep doing it anyway. Create an ideal.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2010

As startup entrepreneurs we all want to work with them because having their name as reference clients makes it so much easier for marketing, PR, selling to other customers, fund raising and even recruiting. What they mean specifically is ownership in your company. . What they mean specifically is ownership in your company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

While sharing her professional journey—from tween entrepreneur to international executive—she also spoke to the audience of men and women about supporting each other and making a difference in the world. . My parents divorced soon after. I started my first business when I was 12, Kim’s Katering. Finding your people.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

One of the hardest things about the fund-raising process for entrepreneurs is that you’re trying to raise money from people who have “asymmetric information.” As an entrepreneur it can feel as intimidating as going to buy a car where the dealer knows the price of every make & model of a car and you’re guessing at how much to pay.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Those who know how to lead are those who have an easier time doing all the things that feel like such a struggle. Those who know how to lead are those who have an easier time doing all the things that feel like such a struggle. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 19, 2023

Are you an entrepreneur or CEO who has a goal of helping your company reflect the sustainability you want to see for the environment? A fundamental way to do this is to lead your company to qualify for climate-neutral certification. Not sure what it means to be climate neutral, let alone what climate-neutral certification is?

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Gust

DECEMBER 12, 2011

After the idea, it’s all about execution. I’ve talked before about the best personality traits for a good entrepreneur, but I’ve never talked about the importance of process. Yes, even entrepreneurs need to follow a disciplined execution process if they want to maximize their probability for success. Define a focused strategy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Connecting and helping others is a critical step in growing as leaders, entrepreneurs and people. Investing in your employees also happens to be a great way to invest in your business. I mentioned something about it, and the foreman stopped doing it … for two weeks. Forget about performance improvement plans.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 10, 2018

It was satisfying on a personal level, but the business had plateaued around the three-year mark. In search of a solution to grow my business, I decided to enroll in the Entrepreneur Organization’s Catalyst program taught by Michael Burcham. It wasn’t growing how I envisioned. It was a real wakeup call for me.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

When the traffic flow is slow-going, how do you amuse yourself? Do you ever find yourself reading the bumper stickers on the cars around you? What would your bumper sticker say? As an entrpreneur, what message do you hope to share with others around you—maybe even entrepreneurs on their own journey?

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Gust

DECEMBER 9, 2012

It would be no fun if starting a business was simply plotting a straight line between your idea and success, with no challenges along the way. That doesn’t mean that starting a business should be a random walk into the unknown. At some point financial capital if usually needed to meet business goals. Scale the business.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

Entrepreneurs seek to find the right investor and to make the best pitch when the opportunity comes Entrepreneurs start their companies with great passion and big dreams. If the founding entrepreneurs believe their business models will scale quickly, they will need a good deal of funding to support growth.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners are critical in advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and belonging efforts within the workplace. Review diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and belonging best practices and consider a template for a strategic action plan for your business.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners are critical in advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and belonging efforts within the workplace. Review diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and belonging best practices and consider a template for a strategic action plan for your business.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I have been writing a series on how startup boards get selected, who sits on them and what to avoid. I started this series in part to help entrepreneurs but also to help newer investors because I’ve know with so many new companies you have so many new board members and many people are trying to figure out there respective roles.

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