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Forge the Future: Immersive Roleplaying for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Paul G. Silva

Perfect For: Startup incubators & accelerators Business schools & entrepreneurship programs Team building & leadership development Innovation and strategy workshops Ready to Dive In? It offers an interactive roleplay experience that enhances strategic thinking, decision-making skills, and team dynamics.

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Why the Accelerator Model is Broken—and how 500 Startups is Fixing it

500

When I moved to San Francisco in 2012, I was working on my fourth startup and looking to join an accelerator. 500 immediately stood out to me, not only for their reputation as one of the top accelerators in Silicon Valley, but also because they seemed to be one of the few VCs at the time that recognized that true entrepreneurship was blind.

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6 Surprising Parallels Between Entrepreneurship and Crisis PR

Entrepreneurs' Organization

She’s the author of A Business Owner’s Guide to Crisis PR: Protecting You & Your Business’ Reputation, an EO Los Angeles member, and that chapter’s Accelerator co-chair. We asked Eden about the similarities between entrepreneurship and crisis public relations. Here’s what she shared: 1. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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Innovating AI research and advancing entrepreneurship skills in Colombia  

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Innovating AI research and advancing entrepreneurship skills in Colombia By Jewelle Saunders “What motivates me in everything that I do is the movement that comes with curiosity,” says Jonathan Puerta Pereira , a 2021 YLAI Fellow. government.

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How to Successfully Ride The Emotional Highs and Lows Of Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed to EO by Chantel Cohen, an Atlanta EO Accelerator participant who founded CWC Coaching & Therapy to help entrepreneurs and professionals alike find a healthy sense of work-life integration and create the lives they always imagined. I’ve based my entire career on helping people navigate the ups and downs of entrepreneurship!

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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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I consulted and trained dozens of local economic developers on entrepreneurship ecosystem building efforts, developing a unique understanding of the stereotypes and challenges associated with rural economic development and entrepreneurship ecosystem building. In the e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems thought paper Why Entrepreneurship?

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BE 2.0: When Your BHAG Forces Innovation

Paul G. Silva

Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). ” At the time, we were running a startup accelerator for 6 companies. We challenged many “well-known truths” about accelerator programs and embraced new research on the Wisdom of Crowds : “Expert” Evaluation? The safe play would have been scaling to 9 or 12.