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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. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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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. thought leadership. Or “I’m a new entrepreneur, why would I offer advice on how to run a startup?&#. accessibility.

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How to Deal with Pure Recruiting Mistakes

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Teams are organisms and they detect bad cells even more quickly than leadership does. Anyway, to the point of this article if you make a mistake in recruiting – if somebody is PURE – deal with it quickly and surgically. Startup Advice' Failing to act undermines confidence.

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First-Year Members Share Why They Would Join EO Again (and Again!)

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Travel to EO’s annual Global Leadership Conference (GLC), held in Singapore in 2024, featuring full immersion of Learn Arounds , and guest speakers Mo Gawdat and Chatri Sityodtong. Fast-track your leadership journey on the EO Path of Leadership. One of my first EO events was the Global Leadership Conference in Singapore.

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Sisterhood of Success: Female Founders Share Insights on Thriving Together

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As female entrepreneurs, we are independent-minded and innovative, and this advice is critical for securing our future and the future of our families. She provided me with so much advice on business strategy, business channels and HR. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Scaling Sales: Arming & Aiming – A’s, B’s & C’s

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This article was originally posted in a much more concise version over GigaOm if you prefer the shorter version. In each sales situation your goal as the leadership of the company is listening to feedback, calculating the customer ROI, testing what prices people are willing to pay, learning where budgets will come from, etc.

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Entrepreneurship: Nature vs. Nurture? A Religious Debate

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Entrepreneurs aren’t born, they’re made.&# The data in this article is at best, a stretch. The paper is surprisingly much more balanced in its assertions than this TechCrunch article. At the margin you can make yourself better at sales, product design, marketing, leadership, capital raising, etc. I suspect he’s not.