Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2024

The post First-Year Members Share Why They Would Join EO Again (and Again!) The post First-Year Members Share Why They Would Join EO Again (and Again!) —Matt Armour, EO Sydney For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc. and more articles from the EO blog. first appeared on The EO Blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 7, 2024

The Connection Between Policy Clarity and Performance Why is clarity so important? The post Why Investors Are Watching–And Judging–Your Work-From-Home Policy first appeared on The EO Blog. The post Why Investors Are Watching–And Judging–Your Work-From-Home Policy appeared first on The EO Blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The post 4 Benefits of a Branded Podcast and Why Now’s The Time to Launch Yours first appeared on The EO Blog. The post 4 Benefits of a Branded Podcast and Why Now’s The Time to Launch Yours appeared first on The EO Blog. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc.

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OCTOBER 24, 2021

This is why following and more importantly interacting with investors on social can be helpful. The founder telling the biggest future version of a story wins. I see this all the time—two founders pitching the same thing, one gets funded, one doesn’t.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

Remember those nights of trying to explain to a Techcrunch reporter why your app was going to change the world over thumping music and bad venue WiFi? You want to make sure that if someone comes across it or has it passed to them, they know exactly what it is, what the value proposition is and why theyd sign up for it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2024

But why reinvent the wheel when you can learn from those who’ve already been there, done that? That’s why it’s crucial to carve out time for self-care. The post Why You Should Give Your Best Stuff Away (Plus 3 Other Startup Tips) first appeared on The EO Blog. Get a mentor. and more articles from the EO blog.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Recently, Lightspeeds Mercedes Bent offered founders some reasons why a VC might ghost a founder. Relying on the VC to follow up and then getting annoyed with them if they dont isnt how youd want your own sales team acting when selling your product, so why are you fundraising with that approach?

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StartupNation

JUNE 14, 2025

That’s why it’s important to explore strategies to buffer financial volatility. The Reality of Startup Volatility If you look at the statistical data behind why startups fail, you’ll see that the cause, in 38% of cases, comes down to cash flow problems. Fortunately, there’s a relatively simple solution.

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MAY 2, 2023

The other day, I was watching an episode of Seinfeld and was struck by how dramatically different location-aware mobile phones have made our day-to-day existence. The entire plot was based around no one having a phone in their pocket.

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Red Rocket

JANUARY 29, 2025

This post will better educate you on why business executives are worried and what this may mean for your businesses. Read the rest of this post in Entrepreneur , which I guest authored this week. For future posts, please follow me on Twitter at: @georgedeeb.

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Revolution

JUNE 9, 2025

Why We’re Doubling Down on Pathos — and the Practical Application of AI in Healthcare Revolution Growth Founding Partner Ted Leonsis shares why we were excited to participate in the company’s latest funding. That’s the verticalization of AI in practice, and why Revolution Growth planted an early flag in the company last year.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2025

The post Why the World Needs Peter Drucker Now More Than Ever appeared first on StartupNation. Image by pressfoto on Freepik Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Find free courses, mentorship, networking and grants created just for small businesses. Join for Free We earn a commission if you make a purchase, at no additional cost to you.

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Founder Bounty

JUNE 10, 2025

Starting a business is extremely difficult and so there are plenty of reasons to think why buying one off the shelf may in fact be easier than starting one yourself. Having been in Techstars (top tier VC) , exited a SAAS i have a little bit of experince in building a business.

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Revolution

JUNE 26, 2025

Phil Clement, President and CEO of World Business Chicago , joined us to share why the Second City is a first-rate place to build, and to remind us of its grit and global reach. That outlook shaped the conversations that followed. We kicked off our full day of programming as we so often do: with a grounding in place.

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APRIL 11, 2022

What Alan recognized was that most IRL forums and networking events are absolutely awful places to pitch and here’s why: 1) When a VC shows up in person, they’re looking to replicate the kind of top of the funnel they would get in an hour or two’s worth of e-mail, and that’s not going to happen if you corral them into a corner for 30 minutes.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The reasons why are plentiful and probably overlapping. We can argue about the why, but the fact remains true that not only are capital networks highly segregated, but so are the networks of successful founders themselves.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Diagnose the Root Cause Use the Five Whys technique to dig deeper: Why is engagement low? Why are customers dropping off? Why is scaling so difficult? Keep asking “Why?” How to Apply This to Your Work If you’re leading a project or business that isn’t working as expected, try this: 1.

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Red Rocket

JUNE 12, 2025

But oftentimes, they don't give enough thought to "why" they are buying the business, and the long-term goals they are hoping to accomplish from this investment. Many entrepreneurs go down the path of buying a business to help jump-start their business-building efforts.

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Dream It

MARCH 6, 2020

His portfolio company Why Hote l is one startup that has created a business based on macro trends in real estate. Why Hotel is solving one of the most fraught cash flow and timing issues for multifamily developers: the lease-up process after the building is completed (which usually takes between 6 and 15 months).

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Mark MacLeod

JULY 8, 2025

Turck breaks […] The post FirstMark’s Matt Turck on AI Investment Opportunities, Venture Capital Timing, and Why European Startups Are Undervalued appeared first on Mark MacLeod. As General Partner at FirstMark Capital, he’s witnessed the gap between AI hype and enterprise reality firsthand.

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Paul G. Silva

APRIL 1, 2025

Why all this corporate-seeming planning?” What key objectives must you achieve this quarter? Only then, what tasks will help you meet these responsibilities? The resistance was predictable. “Isn’t it obvious what I need to do? ” Founders, like many good employees, are biased toward action.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

I sent a very specific note that outlined the issues that I thought VCs have with many business models in this industry with the subject line “Travel startups suck” and then positioned the company has not falling prey to any of those reasons why someone wouldn’t want to invest in travel. Are the consumers not deep-pocketed enough?

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The Seraf Compass

JULY 9, 2025

That’s why we created the Follow-on Investment Scorecard—a structured, easy-to-use template that helps you bring clarity and consistency to your reinvestment decisions. When a portfolio company raises a new round, the decision to reinvest isn’t always straightforward.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Why does this happen? I just think that it’s, on the whole, not the biggest reason why someone passes on you. The last part of why the numbers are so off is again, the laziness of how people are evaluating the data—the pure math of it. Does that mean the exit outcomes are any different? That’s an easy thing to forget.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

That’s why I can’t imagine ever taking a job where I don’t have the flexibility to prioritize my family. In fact, it’s why many startup folks leave the early stage world to go over to the big company side—because the benefits tend to be much better.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Investors want to understand why you’re going left when everyone else is going right. Investors need to know why you started this company in the first place, what motivates you, and how you will become an unstoppable force. Try to understand what the investor is asking and why they may ask that question before you answer.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 11, 2021

Why would someone with a million followers on Instagram or TikTok or Twitter leave those behind for a new social net? That’s why I wrote about it on Friday. I’ve always thought the opening would be at the intersection of gaming, online communities, and social networks. It is also hard to take on the existing social nets.

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Revolution

AUGUST 2, 2022

for a keynote Q&A on rising ecosystems and why he’s bullish on the Triangle. Revolution’s team put rubber to the road this spring, traveling more than a collective 12.5K miles to visit founders, college campuses, co-investors, ecosystem builders, and communities in rising cities. figuratively and literally?—?is

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Why This Matters for Business Leaders As David emphasized in the podcast, the real value of AI isn’t in replacing human decision-making but in enhancing it. Process Automation : Following David’s advice, I’ve automated routine data cleanup and formatting tasks, freeing up time for strategic thinking and client interaction.

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MAY 10, 2020

I wonder why we’re letting founders completely off the hook in this process. Circumstances of the Meeting Did they feel obligated to take the meeting because of an intro or do they have a stated interest in the space—or even better, did they tell you specifically why they’re interested in your company?

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