Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team?—?everything. I left the meeting and had to attend a 3-hour board meeting where two founders have been fighting and each want the other one fired. everything.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 2, 2019

On 25–26 June 2019, EO presented a two-day International Entrepreneurial Summit at the United Nations focused on inspiring, educating and connecting business leaders to promote sustainable business practices. Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Education changed my life. That is why I support university education of young women. I believe in the transformative power of education. With education, a woman changes, she changes generations, and then the world changes. This also gives me time to give back to my local community through several volunteer boards and EO.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

So we as a board kicked off a search for the next CEO. just as crucially, in my mind, we secured Jason’s commitment to staying in the company not only as an important board member & large shareholder, but also full-time in a key senior-executive capacity.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2024

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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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . As a next step, we recommend that you register at the major expert network websites, as well as LinkedIn and job boards, if you haven’t already.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Instead, our board pushed us to think bigger: What would it take to truly transform our region’s economy? ” At the time, we were running a startup accelerator for 6 companies. The safe play would have been scaling to 9 or 12. We jumped to 30 startups that first year5x our previous capacity!!!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Contributed by Verne Harnish, founder of EO and founder and CEO of Gazelles, a global executive education and coaching company with over 150 coaching partners on six continents. Together with Daniel Marcos (EO Austin), Verne is co-founder of Growth Institute , which provides online executive education based on the Scaling Up methodology.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

By fostering early exposure and education about entrepreneurship and other career paths, Franc.World is paving the way for an inclusive landscape where everyone has equal opportunities to succeed. Women need equal access to education, training and business opportunities. After all, you can only be what you can see.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 27, 2020

McKinsey studies have also shown that companies with diverse leadership outperform their peers. Despite these tangible benefits, some employers struggle to maintain a staff made up of people with diverse education, races , ethnicities, sexual orientations, ages and religions. How to Build Diversity in Your Organization.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 3, 2024

” Embracing the transformative power of generosity, Alex Yastrebenetsky, an EO Cincinnati member who inspired us with his thought leadership in Want to Change Lives? ” Although it was hard to see the faces of my fellow board members on their screens, I can guarantee that, like mine, they were all full of tears.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

While completing my undergrad studies, a group of friends and I started a wildlife rescue organization, Endangered Species Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Education Centre (ESTREC). Sadly, in 2014, when I relapsed for the second time since my initial surgery, the board of directors made the decision to terminate my tenure at ESTREC.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Startups also benefit from essential business services, including consultancy, marketing initiatives, investor relations programs, and educational seminars, ensuring they thrive on the international stage.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

.” The reason is that at a VC you have a group of partners who often have different focus areas of excellence, each pursues deals in their respective field, each makes investments and sits on boards and each spends their most difficult hours tackling problems at portfolio companies vs. solving the challenges at the VC itself.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2015

I had a board meeting for NextPlus and I heard from one of the board members that Nanea Reeves (President & COO) was losing her husband to cancer. It made no sense to me that Nanea should be dragged away from time with her husband Vic Anderson to attend a board meeting. This week I was forced to reflect on it more fully.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

So the real question is – do we spend more of our time and limited resources helping our channel or educating and marketing to their customers. - And few people in my experience do this well so many board meetings wander. I know it sounds exceedingly easy. It’s not.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 31, 2024

My EO Forum served as a sounding board to examine my challenges—both personal and professional. From practical assistance, like boarding up my store windows in anticipation of a local riot, to the personal growth opportunities that I gained through my role managing our chapter’s learning calendar, EO members stood by me.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 2, 2021

Dr. Amanda Hinojosa of Howard University advised the YLAI Network on the need to educate ourselves about unconscious bias in the hiring process. “If The Harvard Business Review reports that diverse leadership teams “are more likely to accept and integrate differences of opinion. Talented workplace. Diversity of thought.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2021

EO has given me so many educational opportunities that have been: (1) worth their weight in gold; and (2) perfect for spending time with people who are “in the same boat”. I was running my security company and I had an Advisory Board. The first time I heard the idea that “entrepreneurship is a lonely journey” was in my late twenties.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 2, 2023

In-depth training A survey by The Conference Board reveals the key role of professional development for employee retention. Mentoring and leadership development often takes subtlety and nuance, navigating emotions and egos. It’s certainly possible to do so remotely, but it takes more organization and effort.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

I was the first elected president of EO and the first chairman of the Global Board. I wasn’t the first female member, but I was the first of any gender to hold these important leadership positions—and I believe that says something important about the ethos of EO and how the organization sees everybody as equal and of value.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

The reason for “b&# is that most early stage companies survive on “evangelical sales&# as in when you’re having to educate the customer on something new and different and get them to take a leap of faith. But in the end they know how to put the big wins on the board. Journeymen don’t do “leap of faith.&#

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 28, 2020

We spotted a common theme in many answers: learning—whether it’s incidental learning among peers or formal education at events. Learning to improve your leadership, your business practices, your focus, your relationships is a hallmark of EO’s benefits and a significant driver in the success of any business. 3,091 on 2020 Inc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 13, 2020

Daly has been setting goals since he was 13, when he wrote down where he wanted to be at age 30 in terms of education, profession and family. Appoint a board of directors for your life. Daly has a five-member board that he meets with four times a year to make sure he’s on track. Don’t have too many. Another trick?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 4, 2018

He rebranded Vanderbilt Financial as an impact investment broker firm, ensured that his company headquarters were environmentally sustainable via Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification and became an outspoken advocate for the UN SDGs. Then use this as a starting point. There were no smiles or excitement.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 24, 2023

She also currently sits on the Junior Advisory Board for the Leopold Schepp Scholarship Foundation Event Planning Committee. Dare to Run will be launching the first cohort of the Women’s Leadership Training Program in 2019. Suissa’s experience cuts across all sectors, including nonprofit, educational and government.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 31, 2021

Almost everyone — young or old, rich or poor, with or without formal education — has something they can contribute to an NGO’s work. Over time, you can invest in building the skills of community members who are most engaged and provide them with opportunities to step into leadership roles.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 31, 2021

Almost everyone — young or old, rich or poor, with or without formal education — has something they can contribute to an NGO’s work. Over time, you can invest in building the skills of community members who are most engaged and provide them with opportunities to step into leadership roles.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2024

Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Taylor brings 20 years of experience in senior leadership roles in strategy consulting, Fortune 500 and start-up organizations. The gift creating the Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership was a signature moment for SMU Ignited: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow , the University’s $1.5

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

Aligning Leadership with your Business Model. It is of utmost importance that your leadership is aligned with your business goals. It’s impossible to discover the next big thing for your small business with a disjointed leadership team. Therefore a misaligned leadership can put the organization at risk. Focus on People .

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Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2022

A leadership goal vs. a mantra: I once sat in on a roundtable meeting in which the executive of a company stated his goal as “educate the world.” Note that “Educate the world” elicited little response until the group saw the financial goal. Your executives, board and others will surely do the same. Leaders lead.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 18, 2019

His strategic leadership skills would be tapped once again to serve as CEO of i2E, later as President and CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and finally as President of St. This award was established by the family of Greg Main as a tribute to him and his lifelong passion for education, leadership and entrepreneurship.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

So it should come as no surprise that Chief , the network designed to develop the leadership skills of women, has hit a $1.1 Partner Laela Sturdy will join the board as part of the deal. Chief, the leadership network for women, raises $15 million in funding. billion valuation in a matter of three years.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 21, 2024

In creating a governance system, families should focus on critical areas such as establishing behavioral guidelines, developing a shared vision and mission, fostering communication and education within the group, and coordinating philanthropic or community roles.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 13, 2019

I’ve sought out CEOs, presidents, board directors and more for companies big and small, ranging from small startups to corporations with valuations in excess of US$10 billion, on every continent except Antarctica. They can fist-bump all the way from the janitor to the board. They take responsibility … without taking all the credit.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

At your board meetings, you have one investor complaining that you aren’t growing fast enough, another complaining that your burn ratio is too high and another warning you to extend your cash runway. Tracking the explosive growth of open-source software. Now, it’s not so simple. Well, investors today care about the less-distant future.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Hershenson also serves on the board of trustees of Harvey Mudd College and on the Advisory Council of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. He also serves on the board of Friends of Hudson River Park. He also served on the National Venture Capital Association board of directors.

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