Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2024

World Entrepreneurs’ Day, celebrated each 21 August, honors the innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who shape industries, drive economic growth, and inspire others. At EO, we celebrate and support entrepreneurs on World Entrepreneurs’ Day—and every day! EO supports entrepreneurs at every age and stage.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Damaris, a 2017 YLAI Fellow, is working hard to combine her love for her home country of Nicaragua and her love of tourism to give back to those in her country, providing employment and education opportunities across her community. Damaris credits YLAI as the best experience she has had as an entrepreneur.“Everything

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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. How did GSEA change you?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 18, 2020

2017 YLAI Fellow Neish’s hard work of creating a sustainable trans rights movement has blossomed far beyond his expectations. By Jewelle Saunders. The fuller you are, the more you have to give back,” says activist Neish McLean. Invest in yourself, and your hard work will blossom.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Women may feel unsupported in their process of moving into a career where so much career advice is geared toward men. A 2017 Pew Research poll found that 50% of women reported gender discrimination at work, compared with 19% of men. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2019

The transition from one year to another seems like a perfect time to say thank you to these 10 women entrepreneurs whom I have had the pleasure of meeting and learning from. I have met so many inspirational women entrepreneurs in the past year, and this was a difficult list to make! Kendra Scott : Designer, CEO and Philanthropist.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Many would-be entrepreneurs never start because they’re waiting for the perfect idea or don’t have enough disposable capital to break out of the rat race. These accomplished entrepreneurs and members of The Oracles share how to start with $100. Would-be entrepreneurs are afraid to start because they’re afraid to fail.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Knowledge Base: The relevance of selling for business owners with Mary Crampton, Magnify Consulting What message or offer would you like to share with the NZ Entrepreneur community? For every $1 spent on sales, most clients gain: $1-2 in Closed Won Sales, and $5-10 in Sales Pipeline When youre ready to grow sales, lets talk.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 6, 2020

2017 YLAI Fellow Andrea Puente Salazar has had her share of obstacles on her way to entrepreneurial success. To highlight Andrea’s hard work and perseverance, we asked her to answer the following questions and provide key advice to fellow YLAI Network members looking to make a difference in their community. By Jewelle Saunders.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In “The Spark and The Grind,” artist, author and entrepreneur Erik Wahl illustrates the delicate balance between creativity and discipline: the spark of inspiration, and the grind of turning that idea into reality. Erik Wahl is an internationally recognized graffiti artist, author and entrepreneur. Originally published May 22, 2017.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2017

After a few euphoric days, I began worrying about how I would balance being a great dad and a successful entrepreneur. This is one question every dad-to-be asks himself, entrepreneur or not. Whether you want to share your experience or seek the advice of others, I hope you’ll contribute to our community on Entrepreneur Parents !

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2019

A version of this article originally appeared on Entrepreneur. . There are times in life when playing it safe is good advice—like wearing a seatbelt, for example, or looking both ways before crossing the street. Skating the razor-thin edge between risk and reward is something I’ve learned over the course of my career.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2019

Manny Padda is an entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist who won the 2016 Canadian Angel of the Year Award. As an EO Vancouver member, he was the 2017 Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global Citizen of the Year Award. In this article, Manny shares his strategy for a smooth business exit plan.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop. Many of us had experiences of asking entrepreneurs, “Why are none of our candidates women?” It takes a village.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

We asked the winners in each city to tell us about their companies, provide advice to fellow entrepreneurs, and share a little more about themselves. What advice would you offer entrepreneurs in Orlando? My advice would be to pick and develop a focus in which you have competency and passion.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 24, 2023

Can you tell us about your journey as an entrepreneur? After leaving the company in 2017, I pursued my passion for homebrewing and worked hard to become a brewer. What challenges does an entrepreneur face in your industry (F&B)? What advice will you give to those wanting to enter the industry?

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The GitHub Student Developer Pack offers more than $200k in developer tools/training for student entrepreneurs or any students. LawCloud offers free legal documents through the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. The Emerging Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant is “to help entrepreneurial students who have innovative business ideas.”

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 17, 2019

Being a female entrepreneur is looking better each and every day. In 2017, just 2.2% In 2017, just 2.2% According to Entrepreneur , “Women are also raising smaller rounds than men -- averages of $5 million and $12 million, respectively. But, women entrepreneurs are taking the economy by storm.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2016

And, according to research by Gartner , by 2017, 50% of product investment projects will be redirected to customer experience innovations. We publish consistent updates on our business, provide a monthly real estate newsletter, and share customer service tips and advice with regular blog posts, videos and radio appearances.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 30, 2017

By Kim Reed Perell, a widely recognized entrepreneur, angel investor and C EO of Amobee. Yes, I followed my vision and became an entrepreneur, but I had lots of doubts. Aside from that, there are three major lessons I would share with my younger self if I could, and other entrepreneurs should take them to heart: 1.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

How I Became an Accidental Entrepreneur A journey from leaving the family path of medicine to launching a successful cosmetics business I stood at the window of an operating theatre and watched my grandfather lead his team through a total knee replacement. But I took Rosie’s advice and bought everything she recommended?—?nothing

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Insurance products had reached less than 3% of the population as of 2017, according to rating agency ICRA. ICRA estimated that of those Indians who had purchased an insurance product, they were spending less than $50 on it in 2017. “Continuous education is a very important aspect of being a successful financial entrepreneur.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 9, 2018

Members of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) take part in regular Forums. Fellow Forum members don’t give advice; they speak from prior experience, letting you draw your own conclusions on how to best proceed. In 2017, I decided to make one of my accountability goals leading a charity climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Here is Dan himself on the insights learned from his business journey and how aspiring entrepreneurs can follow in his footsteps of launching a business with a strong mission. . Such motivation sparked TellerWifi into existence in 2017. . “I How do you go from techie to entrepreneur? The Journey to the Top: Beginnings .

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Furthermore, Antler ONDC’s focus extends to supporting founders even in their early stages, catering to pre-team and pre-idea entrepreneurs. The platform is designed to offer a combination of pre-seed capital amounting to $300K, supplemented by an additional investment of up to $200K from key partners who present feasible proposals.

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StartupNation

MARCH 16, 2021

To build successful businesses, entrepreneurs must fall in love with solving customer problems more than their own ideas. Entrepreneurs often rush to build and test their ideas using the lean startup methodology. Unfortunately, most entrepreneurs do a great job failing. They are taught and believe that they should “fail fast.”

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 15, 2018

We held a few closes prior to the final closed in February of 2017. What is one piece of advice you’d give every founder? When did you start your current fund? We started to invest out of our inaugural fund, Cross Culture Ventures I in April 2015. What is one thing you are excited about right now? BUILD and EXECUTE!

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 8, 2019

In the first of a three part series on early stage business investment, we asked serial entrepreneur and investor Josh Comrie what three key things New Zealand entrepreneurs must get better at when it comes to seeking angel investment. to-date, since we launched in 2017. They love Kiwi entrepreneurs. We have to.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Given the success of her investments she was on the 2017 Midas List of top 100 venture capitalists. Floodgate exists to invest in prime movers - entrepreneurs who build movements that become category defining companies - before the rest of the world believes in them. What is one piece of advice you’d give every founder?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

” Speaking as someone who’s been on both sides of this equation, I most appreciated her advice about focusing on “simplicity and staying consistent” when it comes to messaging. on Sunday, Dec. Image Credits: Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group. “Actually, nobody does.” “Actually, nobody does.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Loughlin led Ironclad’s Series A deal back in 2017, making it one of his first Series A deals after returning to Accel. Loughlin was an entrepreneur before he was an investor, founding RelateIQ (an Accel-backed company) in 2011. This episode of Extra Crunch Live goes down on Wednesday at 3pm ET/12pm PT, just like usual.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

They join much earlier investors such as Entrepreneur First, Taavet Hinrikus , Matt Robinson, Errol Damelin, Niklas Zennstrom, Alex Chesterman, and Ian Hogarth — all well-known names in London’s tech investment community. Leading the round, which I understand actually closed earlier this year, is EQT Ventures.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

and StartupAmsterdam, there are 1,661 tech companies in Amsterdam, while the city ranked fifteenth in Startup Genome’s 2019 report “Global Startup Ecosystem Report,” moving up four places since 2017. While taxes are high, entrepreneurs won’t find the staggering income inequality so often seen in cities like San Francisco and New York.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) often struggle to deal with several siloed functions, such as company secretary, bookkeeping, banking, tax, payroll, employment services, insurance and more. Sleek addresses the deeply underserved challenge of back-office management for entrepreneurs and SMEs globally.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

The business commenced because our vice president’s excellence earned him the award for the best product developed at ISC WEST (American Security Exhibition), one of the world’s top three security exhibitions held in Las Vegas, USA in 2017. ANDOPEN AuténID (Image credit: ANDOPEN) Q. What are your plans for global expansion?

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

The 2017 Startup Catalyst Europe Mission cohort?—?Will He specialises in information technology, telecommunications, intellectual property and competition law, and provides advice on privacy and other regulatory compliance issues. See a debrief on the 2017 Europe Mission here. Meet William McCullough. About McCullough Robertson.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

“EventUs went through the Pre-Seed stage in 2017, the Seed stage in 2018, and successfully attracted Pre-A round investment in 2019. ” Guidance for Aspiring Entrepreneurs In closing, Younghak Ahn shares invaluable advice for budding entrepreneurs seeking to make their mark in the ever-evolving tech industry.

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