Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years.

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Gust

JANUARY 15, 2013

December update and insights about new startups: India became second last month as the country with the highest count of new Startups, right below the United States. India’s average position for the year has been fourth, it came up to third in February and between June to August, but only reached second for the first time this past month.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

And while there’s a long way to go in terms of workplace equality, women entrepreneurs are making their mark on their industries and communities now more than ever. These 20 women entrepreneurs are the ones who are leading the charge—and we think you’ll be inspired by their tremendous impact: Reshma Saujani / Girls Who Code.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2012

It would be over two years until he took his first round of capital earlier in 2012. He just raised $7mm from Andreessen Horowitz, to tack onto their January 2012 party round of everyone and their mother. In 2013, I'll be looking for ways to stay in touch better with entrepreneurs whose first rounds may be slow to develop.

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Revolution

MAY 2, 2022

Few at the time thought Democrats and Republicans would be capable of coming together around a major reform bill, but to help entrepreneurs, they did?—?and which will help American entrepreneurs compete globally, and in particular with state-subsidized firms in China. The America COMPETES Act of 2022?—?which

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Many people think multitasking is a skill that women are naturally good at, but eventually working as an entrepreneur at a million miles an hour will take its toll. As female entrepreneurs, we are independent-minded and innovative, and this advice is critical for securing our future and the future of our families. Stop multitasking.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I should say that I agree that naive optimism in entrepreneurs can produce higher beta (upside or flops) and that’s good from an investment standpoint if you’re looking for big returns.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 6, 2020

Written for EO by Kalika Yap , an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Los Angeles. Yap is a thriving serial entrepreneur whose businesses include Citrus Studios , Luxe Link , and the Orange & Bergamot. In terms of pandemics, we remember avian flu (1997), SARS (2003) and MERS (2012). Because there is opportunity.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2024

This led to an invitation to attend an event with like-minded entrepreneurs who were getting together to learn, share, and help each other along the entrepreneurial journey. That was my introduction to what is now the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO). Here are four ways being a member of EO has enhanced my life as an entrepreneur: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

As you have more exits in your startup community and more second-time entrepreneurs the growth of a local startup community becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. In 2012 Upfront Ventures raised its 4th venture capital fund – this one was $200 million. Venture Capital. I was instantly intrigued.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 15, 2024

We asked Aaron Houghton of EO Colorado to share how he overcame burnout and developed a unique solution, Dory, to help him master mental resilience, which grew into the world’s largest community dedicated solely to stress reduction for entrepreneurs. So, what does this scenario teach us as entrepreneurs? Sounds luxurious, doesn’t it?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. So I encouraged entrepreneurs to think about raising their funds as quickly as they could because. I have a young entrepreneur friend who IMs me a lot. Unemployment likely to rise.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

But a couple of people replied with responses of such lack of comprehension that I thought it was worth expanding on for first-time entrepreneurs. Successful entrepreneurs achieve much through their personal leadership traits that inspire others to do great things with them – sure. Not possible. ” Or there was this one.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them. June 19th, 2012. June 17th, 2012. June 13th, 2012. June 10th, 2012. And no life is more of a constant negotiation than that of an entrepreneur. Subscribe by email. Invested Interests. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2019

Carlos Rivas was a student in El Salvador when he competed in the 2012 EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). Carlos says he was inspired to become an entrepreneur so that he could follow his passions and rely on his own hard work. Meeting other student entrepreneurs was extremely good, too.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

These insights from top entrepreneurs benefit EO members plus the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem. Set Goals Like Google: Why OKRs Surpass Other Goal-Setting Methods for Entrepreneurs Eric Crews (EO Boston), founder and CEO of management consulting firm Crews & co., I’ve set many goals in 30+ years as an entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

For me Silicon Beach doesn’t quite encapsulate the wonderful, dynamic, creative, large, thriving community that is the 13 million proud Angelinos any more than Silicon Alley captures the bustling 2012 community of New York City. Like they truly understood entrepreneurs. I was a former entrepreneur. Don’t you think?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 9, 2020

She left in 2012 after learning everything she needed to know about running and managing a successful retail business. SmartHustle Podcast with Ramon Ray · Working in Corporate Provided the Education She Needed to Become an Entrepreneur. Eventually she became a district manager and oversaw several stores along the east coast.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion. We both wanted to build a practice that would make Los Angeles proud but where we would travel tirelessly to other locations to make investments in the best entrepreneurs wherever they were.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. Our founder, Yves Sisteron, himself was an entrepreneur earlier in his career and has been a mentor to us all at VC having backed too many billion dollar exits to name. I stayed close.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. For entrepreneurs there’s too much money sloshing around. And it’s true that I still take a whole lot of first meetings with entrepreneurs.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

As smart speaker platforms have matured, more entrepreneurs are leveraging the technology to benefit healthcare. With NeuroLex’s different products, entrepreneurs and clinicians can perform voice-based data collection and analysis. Other problems experienced by seniors include loneliness (more than 11.3

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

My initial reaction to Adeo when we spoke was that while it may have solved some issues (debt versus equity) it didn’t solve the ones that I’ve been warning entrepreneurs about most loudly. A standard entrepreneur retort I heard back then (2008-09) was “I don’t know what my company is worth now.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As I write this, days after the 2012 presidential election, I’m probably not alone in feeling relieved that the political jeering and soapboxing that reached a feverish pitch during the seemingly endless campaign season has finally subsided. misses an opportunity. Securities Regulation.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

It''s more often the case that founders are repeat entrepreneurs on the west coast. While I believe that personal branding is important for everyone, especially entrepreneurs and investors, I''m really bothered by the credence people put into a deal being "hot", especially given my own personal experience with "hotness".

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

Mayor Eric Garcetti at Upfront Summit, February 2017 I first sat down with then councilman Eric Garcetti on the Ides of March 2012 — almost 5 years ago exactly. Having more great investors is critical to more entrepreneurs staying in LA, which is critical to my long-term success!” But this post is about the broader context of LA.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

But through expressing points-of-view I can raise above the consciousness of my customers (entrepreneurs and limited partners who invest in VC funds) in ways that I couldn’t without breaking through the noise of the hundreds of others of VCs who also have money. I am a VC. I hand out money. How differentiated is that?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2014

But the book is a must read for entrepreneurs. It was written by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann and documents the 2012 election from the early GOP primary fights right through to the final outcome. And I can tell you from first-hand experience this is EXACTLY what goes on inside startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2016

With a massive increase in companies created and a huge number of sources one trend that we witnessed from 2012–2015 was the rise of the undisciplined round. But there are two major trends worth understanding that most VCs know by now and I suspect most entrepreneurs do not. Now seed funding is conventional wisdom. I Leaderless Rounds.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2021

Entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to transform our world. The even bigger issue to making home automation ubiquitous is cost: Since 2000, the cost of homes has outpaced household income in all but the years 2007–2012. EO is an avid supporter of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ?17

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MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Three companies from the Studiomates community-- Sherpaa , Tinybop , and Editorially --received VC dollars in 2012. 55 Washington Street.

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JUNE 16, 2014

For example, while I closed on the seed investment in Tinybop on November 19, 2012, I met Raul two years earlier at the first Brooklyn Beta in 2010, even before he was working on the company. It''s also a function of meeting the entrepreneur before they''ve really decided what they want to raise, or before they have a deck.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The mix of backers included pension funds, university endowments, foundations, prominent family offices, local Austin entrepreneurs and founders and executives from LiveOak portfolio companies. Srinivasan and Venu Shamapant started the firm in 2012, and its first two funds both raised $105 million.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 2, 2020

Their competitors took advantage—and Kodak went bankrupt in 2012. The post 8 Steps to Making Better Business Decisions appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2016

GOAT (“Greatest of All Time) is a sneakerhead marketplace that is en fuego, but we led the company’s last financing round in 2012 (yes, four years ago) when they were an application for letting people join group dinners. That’s why this funding story is different. It also is truly a testament to my partner, Greg Bettinelli.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Gust Startup Map & Trends Analysis – August 2012. Gust is thrilled to have nearly 7,000 new entrepreneurs creating startup profiles each month. To help us visualize the scale and global reach of these entrepreneurs we have put together a monthly startup map, which captures all new startup profiles on Gust.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 24, 2016

We sold this company in 2012 with a eight-times return over our initial investment. As crazy entrepreneurs, we are constantly setting the bar higher for our businesses and ourselves. The post My Journey from an “Intrapreneur” to Entrepreneur appeared first on THE BLOG. 5000-listed company.

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