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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

This is the first deal I've closed for FRC and I've also joined the board of the company. We met back in 2005 through our respective blogs—he was writing at Businesspundit at the time. Backupify also has had some very smart advisors on board like Sim Simeneov and Dharmesh Shah that I'm looking forward to getting to know better.

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JUNE 27, 2013

It is 12,000 sq ft of indoor /outdoor space and we’re building into a community work environment. Like many modern VCs, we’re committed to investing in the community and in our portfolio companies. We chose a location that fit our style. We will retain the cement interior and exposed feeling and complement it with wood.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

And in professional communities like EO, more of us are learning the power of being open, real, and vulnerable in trusted circles with each other. Contributed by Jamie Pujara , EO’s Global Board Chair and a member of EO Kenya. The post Mental Health Matters: Recognizing When Entrepreneurs Need a Check-In first appeared on The EO Blog.

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MAY 24, 2024

As the world’s premier, purpose-built organization with a mission to empower entrepreneurs from every industry, culture, and sector, the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a member-led community created for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. She currently serves as EO’s Senior Global Board Advisor for Leadership Communications and Brand.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

When women have more money, not only is there gender equality and economic growth, but there’s also stronger and healthier communities for our children and generations to come. What I’ve learned from other women is that they’re community-oriented, values-based and brilliant at supporting each other in the good times and the bad.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

AVC: I’ve always loved Q&A websites and discussion boards. For me this dates back to pre-Internet days of bulletin boards, CompuServe , Prodigy and the like. If you find the right community it’s a great way to learn, contribute and get to know other people with similar interest. It’s true.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The prison walls are built with career fairs, campus job boards, and industry panels--all seemingly meant to help you but, in reality, sending you down a path that makes you just another battery in the system. Join communities of innovators. Start blogging about what you *are* excited about. Show up for a startup event.

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MARCH 8, 2024

Our global goal is to ignite women leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and future-preneurs to spark startups, drive economic expansion, and advance communities worldwide,” Milena shared. We’ve helped our portfolio companies with introductions with potential customers, board members, key employees, and advisors.”

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Freedom to make an impact in our community. We can positively affect the lives of our team, clients and community. When we get it right it means that we are good citizens that contribute to our communities and the world.” . This also gives me time to give back to my local community through several volunteer boards and EO.

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DECEMBER 26, 2011

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

And if you are – what on earth are you reading such a boring blog as this?!? OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? Gogii spent way more effort marketing to what I call “The USA Today market&# rather than the tech blog market. But I never gave up.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

We are trying hard to live up to the guidelines we laid out for our investors, our portfolio companies and our community. Be open & transparent (mimicking the greater social order changes that have come with blogs & social media). When he starts his blog I’ll let you know. But I miss blogging.

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JULY 3, 2024

My realization felt life-changing, compelling me to draft this blog post immediately. No matter how hard we work, success is a communal effort. The Miracle of Community Our success, at every stage of life, is a miracle for those who have invested in us. and more articles from the EO blog.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Each January, I look forward to Artisan Creative’s first company-wide team meeting: The day we present our annual vision boards. For the past seven years, I’ve created a vision board, a process I’ve also introduced to my team. Creating my annual vision board. My board is a combination of personal and professional development.

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MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. And that is precisely my thoughts for Seattle and what I plan to deliver on Thursday night: Which few key community leaders are going to step up and get those neurons properly firing and connected? My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

. “I had a great group of people, and new friends, with me but none of my old friends where there” Ron Lovett, founder and chief alignment officer at Connolly Owens , founder and chief community officer at Vida Living and a member of EO Atlantic Canada. I was running my security company and I had an Advisory Board.

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JULY 31, 2024

My EO Forum served as a sounding board to examine my challenges—both personal and professional. Here’s how, with the support of the EO community, I found new ways to work and began to truly gain traction in my business’s success. and more articles from the EO blog.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Conferences, startup blogs, meetups--they're all filled with people telling you how to build your company. There are several key problems to this knowledge sharing little community we've built: People make themselves look better in hindsight. Why ever read another tech blog? Why should that stop me, though?

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MAY 5, 2011

Advisors, investors and board members come in all shapes and sizes. I'm a strong believer in having a board, even at a seed stage, to report to and set strategy with. The most successful companies have strong boards and so as a good housekeeping practice, why not start acting like a great company as early as possible.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

The DX event is so powerful because of the networking quality among the MyEO DX community. Our goal is to protect and retain the EO community of trust and respect so we can enjoy our “EO instimacy” at the event. and more articles from the EO blog. . Our DX events are truly done in the MyEO spirit: By members, for members.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

There were days when I was mentally exhausted, but I forced myself to go back to the drawing board and think how I could save my company and my employees. The post My Pandemic Pivot: From 0 to 130 appeared first on THE BLOG. I thought to myself, “This ship is not going down on my watch!”. I needed to come up with a solution.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

You’re writing a freaking blog post! I had a 3-hour board meeting with another. I sent an email to another about what I thought we should cover at his next board meeting and what was missing from the deck he sent. Plus, he’s a loyal reader of this blog. I know many people think I blog all day long.

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APRIL 14, 2020

It’s a resource and has a fairly robust online community of users to talk about budgeting and debt.”. Include what the benefits to the community will be, as well as the benefits for potential partners. Read this blog as well for some tips on finding a business partner. What is your advice for a beginner investor?

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JULY 26, 2024

I highly recommend that every member get involved with their local chapter board and participate in regional and global events to significantly enhance their EO experience.” — Felix Wendlandt, EO Shanghai “EO has already been extremely beneficial to me. and more articles from the EO blog. first appeared on The EO Blog.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

by Erick Slabaugh, a long-standing EO member in Seattle and former director on the EO Global Board “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” The Origins David Galbenski and I served on the EO Global Board together in 2007.

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MAY 11, 2012

I can't put up my track record on my blog, which I'd happily do--whether I have any exits (even though it is theoretically public what I've worked on and who might have sold to a company that rhymes with hype) and how the other companies are doing. I can't tell you anything about it thanks to the SEC. scratches bald head]. I certainly would!

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MARCH 6, 2010

Since I answer this all the time anyway I thought it might make an interesting blog post. We have a great board chat and talk about our strategic direction but then you go out and execute. They said, “yeah, but we get that through our board interactions. I’m enjoying the chaotic creativity that comes with blogging.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

We share our board meeting decks and month-end financials with everyone in the organization, and we expect them to engage with this information and ask questions,” says Odiaka Gonzalez, VP of People and Operations with Global Citizen Year , a nonprofit organization that equips young people to create meaningful impact on global issues.

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MARCH 16, 2022

Kate is president of the EO Winnipeg chapter and serves on the EO Canada Board as Canada’s Member Products Director. She also serves as president of the board of directors of The Dream Factory , a non-profit for children with life-threatening illnesses. and more articles from the EO blog. . I dream bigger than I ever have.

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JULY 27, 2020

For companies ranking in the top quartile of executive-board diversity, returns on equity (ROEs) were 53 percent higher, on average, than they were for those in the bottom quartile … earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) margins at the most diverse companies were 14 percent higher, on average, than those of the least diverse companies.”.

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MAY 29, 2012

You're going to want syndication partners on the deals you find and sounding boards on the thesis behind each of your potential investments. If you've never blogged before, you might not get what I mean, but it's akin to how our view of the world changed the moment we all started carrying around cameras in our pockets.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

So, when MyEO presented the opportunity to spend four days on Necker Island, his private island in the British Virgin Islands (BVIs) with a group of 50 EO members from around the globe, I swiftly jumped on board. and more articles from the EO blog. Don’t underestimate the power of luck.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As the EO member leader who coined the EO term “insta-macy” to describe the immediate connection EOers feel when engaged with the EO community, Dave experienced the most profound form of insta-macy through Mark’s living liver donation. “I and more articles from the EO blog.

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MAY 18, 2018

Yet, since late 2016, he has also worn the hat of chairman of the Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Board (MSKIB) , a position that lets him serve as an agent and driver of social and economic change for rural communities throughout his home state in India. What’s his secret to keeping it all moving forward?

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The coaches and the community have made me a better mom, wife, leader and person. It’s been like having my own board of directors, for both my business and personal life. 5000 company leader shares her entrepreneurial journey appeared first on THE BLOG. That bike has gotten me in better shape, but it has also done so much more.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2018

For the last two years, I’ve been pretty vocal about politics on social media , in my weekly tech community newsletter and on this blog. I also believe in treating people with respect and being helpful when I can—treating the world like a community where we all benefit from generosity and things aren’t always zero sum.

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JANUARY 4, 2014

Anybody who follows this blog knows that my mom was the most influential person on my entrepreneurial career. In my mom’s case she lost a friend permanently that made it awkward in our social interactions in the small Jewish community in Sacramento. There were cultural challenges across the board. I see it all the time.

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