Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

So here’s advice I give people all the time when they’re raising money. Many entrepreneurs pitching err on the side of too much information. Or they’ll remind me of my common advice to take “ 50 coffee meetings.” Show me your unicorn. Honestly, just searching the term yield many results.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

I know what it''s like being an entrepreneur trying to get people to care about what I cared about--you feel so desperate and as if you were just one big break or random intro away from success. The best entrepreneurs pick from among who they believe will help them build their business, but it isn''t always easy to tell.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 15, 2023

In March, EO recognizes and celebrates women entrepreneurs with its second annual EmpowHER virtual conference , which focuses on the specific challenges women in business experience. Women entrepreneurs will learn from experts how to navigate the three pillars of every woman entrepreneurs’ life: business, family and self.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

Having the right business advisor can be a game-changer for an entrepreneur Starting and growing a business is a challenging and often lonely endeavor. Entrepreneurs are presented with both business and personal challenges as they travel their entrepreneurial journey.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I believe in this so much that, despite my post advising you to be prepared for the *norm* in VC, I wrote a post about a company that came in for a presentation and never even got the slides out or presented a demo. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. Be ready to map your presentation to their preferred method.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2021

During an online business workshop in December 2020, the presenter asked me whether our venture was a hobby or a business. After 25 years of self-employment, I felt ready to make the shift from freelancer to entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs, however, usually call themselves founders or CEOs. What’s in a title? The first two are easy.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

I use George Bush vs. Al Gore as allegory and I’ve been using it with entrepreneurs for years to sink in a simple point about how to communicate with the market. Most Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs I know are more like Al Gore. It’s about presentations in front of large audiences. It is election season.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

It was difficult to make the transition to a “top down&# thinker but as a senior executive – and as an entrepreneur – you’re far less effective without this skill in your arsenal. It is about structuring your thoughts, presentations and communications. Tags: Startup Advice.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 2, 2021

It is vital for entrepreneurs and aspiring leaders to understand unconscious biases that may be present in their journey to growing their business or organization. The post What entrepreneurs need to know about unconscious bias appeared first on Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

As an independent woman with a go-getter attitude, she shared insights with us into her life as an entrepreneur and what it was like getting YHS off the ground, as well as her advice for other young entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean. Obstacles and Lessons Learned as an Entrepreneur .

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

As entrepreneurs, it is natural to feel fear or uncertainty about what will happen to our projects, and I think that is a common denominator for many of us. If you were to give a piece of advice to a YLAI Network member looking to make a difference in their community, what would you say? . I think that’s a clear example of my growth.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Rosenfarb , a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) and a certified public accountant who helps entrepreneurs increase cash flow, sell their companies successfully, manage their wealth and create predictable passive income. The best investment for entrepreneurs is always going to be in themselves.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2020

When Pete approached me for advice, I recommended the “Failure-Proofing” strategy, which is a pragmatic and easy-to-use technique to defend against planning and project disasters. In addition, present any evidence you might use that would serve as an indicator that the failure you are addressing is happening or about to happen.

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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. Be more present. As female entrepreneurs, we are independent-minded and innovative, and this advice is critical for securing our future and the future of our families.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Almost 10 years ago, I had my first experience with a professional Forum when I joined Entrepreneurs’ Organization. In a standard Forum meeting, a member makes a presentation about an opportunity or challenge they are facing and asks for the group’s input. This helps each Forum member learn even when they are not the one presenting.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2018

It’s what being an entrepreneur is about. I’ve made monthly peer-mentoring sessions of 10 to 12 other entrepreneurs an integral part of my ongoing education. This “doing and making” can take the form of a presentation that includes members providing shared experiences. Through the University of Missouri-St.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2011

Yet being in a fraternity was one of the most transformative experiences I had in college and prepared me better for becoming an entrepreneur than any class that I took. I presented behind a lectern. Keep it human -Far too many presentations, keynote speeches, conference panels or blog posts seem wooden. That’s a fact.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

It also applies to other parts of my life such as presentations. I’m a pretty natural public speaker so I can write my presentation the day before and do just fine. The first was to do a 5 minute “ignite&# presentation – 5 minutes, 15 slides. I left that presentation and sat down in a coffee shop.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

I believe many entrepreneurs have ADD. I am good at cranking out documents, memos, presentations, letters and spreadsheets. I write my presentations the night before. I even learned how to mark somebody present who was absent. Essentially – it’s just the way your brain is wired. Embrace it. I have ADD.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

At a strategy offsite with several hundred strategy employees I was giving a presentation on stage and I asked, out loud, “why do we keep grin fucking each other (you could actually say that out loud in England) on the topic of Integrated Strategy? When people come to present their businesses to me I try my best not to grin fuck them.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, And why my advice to newer VCs would be not to feel bad if you’re missing out on what is perceived as a few hot deals. And there’s conferences.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 29, 2020

It is significant to note the tenacity required of her to enter the field as a technological entrepreneur. Without being able to find guidance from other women who had walked the road before her, Tamara took advantage of the resources that were presented to her, like the YLAI Network.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

There are so many ways to present data to tell the story you want that I can’t even list every way data is skewed. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. I have seen this so many times I consider it routine, which is why I question ALL data that I read. How is it skewed?

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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. My general advice is to do less. We are experiencing a frenetic time.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

But in my experience as an entrepreneur and now spending my time amongst investors I can generalize that almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. This post was prompted by an email exchange I had with a young entrepreneur. I was interested in learning more.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2012

We live in an era where the press espouses the entrepreneurs who have five startups. In the ways that Brad has described, Ian has been able to see the board dynamic from a perspective more distant than having to be the person on the hook presenting his results. So I’m going to follow Brad’s advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. Overture (Goto.com).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2024

Entrepreneurs must wear multiple hats, make critical decisions, and shoulder the weight of their venture’s success or failure. shared his experience around starting a business, the effects it had on his mental health and his advice on taking care of yourself and your business. Andile Khumalo, founder and CEO of KhumaloCo.,

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Do I have data or facts to present so the story has legs? 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.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Kym is fascinated by entrepreneurs and their journeys, so he asked EO members from various chapters to share their experiences. My sister—naturally, we did not present her as my sister—presented the case on our behalf, and said that “we would not take no for an answer”. Greatness requires passion.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2016

Over the weekend, Rent the Runway held an event for its Project Entrepreneur initiative, which brought together over 100 female entrepreneurs looking to get education and advice on how to take their businesses to the next step.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 19, 2020

Rosario Diaz Garavito, the founder of The Millennials Movement , didn’t look to be labeled as an entrepreneur and a leader in her community when she began her small social media movement promoting youth volunteerism in 2013. By Jewelle Saunders. She was just focused on doing the work.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

Having the right business advisor can be a game-changer for an entrepreneur Starting and growing a business is a challenging and often lonely endeavor. Entrepreneurs are presented with both business and personal challenges as they travel their entrepreneurial journey.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

As a VC and former entrepreneur let me offer you some advice. The short answer is that you should have multiple versions of your “pitch deck” (a short, visual presentation in Keynote, PPT or similar and shared as a PDF) and each occasion has a specific goal. This is part of a series on how to improve your fund raising game.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. Unless you are presenting to an audience who are experts in your domain, I implore founders to pitch in layman’s terms and leave the technical jargon in the backup slides for the Q&A. Franklin D.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

I enjoyed the big marquee speakers from companies like Uber, but it was the individual breakout presentations where you really started to get into the meat of the conversation and see how these mobile partnerships come to life. We present the 13 pioneering Korean companies that will enrich our lives with their innovative edge.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

This presented an opportunity for connection with locals as well as a chance to share his knowledge, his family history, and his passions with others. He understands how difficult it can be to embrace the name of “entrepreneur” and to have the patience to pursue what you are most passionate about.

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