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13 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Best Business Advice

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The best business advice I was given was in my year 10 woodwork class by my teacher—who was teaching woodwork to boys who were both frivolous and quick to make decisions on cutting into beautiful pieces of timber. The best advice I have ever received came from one of my mentors from the US. Demi Markogiannaki—founder at WeTeachMe.

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

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I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. Or “I’m a new entrepreneur, why would I offer advice on how to run a startup?&#. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Here are 10 Tips from BuzzFeed to Make Your Content Go Viral

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In working with brands, Jon says: “ Vary creative, try lots of things, the costs are so low, why would we put up one piece of branded content? There’s tons of more great advice from real-world experience from Jon so please watch when you have time. But of course we also focused on making content go viral.

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How to foster serendipitous innovation in hybrid and remote teams

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To succeed, leaders must adopt a native virtual format to tap into the underlying motivations that facilitate the creativity, spontaneity and collaboration behind serendipitous innovation. and more articles from the EO blog. . This means creating a specific venue for it and incentivizing collaboration without forcing it. .

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Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping

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Navigating Tough Financial Times Managing finances during this period was an exercise in frugality and creativity. To fellow entrepreneurs at any stage of their journey, my advice is clear: If you are committed to bootstrapping your business, be prepared for the long haul. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Here’s How to Do PR on a Budget

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In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. You need somebody who is thinking laterally about how to creatively get extra attention at conferences or trade-shows.

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An Invitation to Explore and Adopt “Capitalism With Care”

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Kent Gregoire is an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Boston and CEO of Symphony Advantage , which helps CEOs achieve ongoing personal and professional success through strategic thinking, advice and planning. and warned that failing to take care of the planet meant not taking care of ourselves.