Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2024

Being an entrepreneur doesn’t make you a great leader, Creating opportunities for others is commendable, but true leadership goes beyond business ownership. After several years of expanding that legacy brand, I launched a property technology company to help renters and property owners find and exchange opportunities in Kenya.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. We are in a bubble (with so many private $1bn+ valuations). Where are we today? 50x more Internet users (2.4 Online connections that are 180x faster (10.5 Why is this?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities. By Shannon Courtney. Developing the skills to be resilient is essential in order to be a strong leader, to recover from setbacks and to adapt to whatever challenges come your way. Renewing Ecuadorian communities after a natural disaster. to herself over and over.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Geography does not determine success—it may surface some unique challenges, but it also gives unique opportunities. After all, the only way to fill a gap is to identify it, and work collaboratively to address and overcome systemic barriers to better support small business success.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2013

What does it mean for the purchasing process to be aligned? Well think of it this way – you have your sales process. You know exactly when you want to sell to this customer and presumably it’s this quarter! And with scarce resources it’s your job to decide which door this lead must go through – sales or marketing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It is a time that has tested many of us. Yet, as I mark five years leading the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) as its CEO, it’s a good time to reflect on five key insights gained from such a remarkable community of business founders. These are lessons I have learned, thanks to all of you. Each possesses the unique traits of entrepreneurship.

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Berkonomics

JULY 2, 2020

At the MIT Center of Collective Intelligence, professors and graduate students are wrestling with an important opportunity – and gaining ground. With new collaborative tools available for use in the cloud, people are no longer isolated in their creative endeavors. Help from your peers. You can do the same.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Nominees compete against their peers from around the world in a series of local and national competitions in hopes to qualify for the GSEA Global Finals. In the 2022 GSEA Global Finals , Arnold Shoko won the Together We Grow Award for his collaborative spirit. My team and I identified a big opportunity in fish farming.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 9, 2024

But there’s also no substitute for gathering those founders in a room full of their peers, which is exactly what we did at the end of September at Hotel AKA in Alexandria, VA. A salient note on approaching partnerships: “Trust is important, but if you don’t have IP, it’s hard to collaborate and know what each partner brings to the table.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

We need more standardized tools if we’re going to “arm&# our sales teams with the tools they need to effectively do their jobs and we need to better “aim&# them at the right opportunities. The next few posts are going to talk about scaling your sales operations as you move out of the evangelical phase.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 1, 2016

What inspired you to invest in peer-to-peer marketplaces? With the success of Airbnb and Uber, I saw an opportunity to use my investments as a tool to make a return while moving society forward.”. There’s ‘The Rise of Collaborative Consumption,’ by Rachel Botsman, and ‘The Power of Consumerism,’ by Daniel Dubois.”.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Register Indonesian digital bank Superbank , supported by Grab, Singtel, and Emtek Group, is collaborating with Singapore’s Genesis Alternative Ventures to offer a financing package of $40 million for startups in Indonesia. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 15, 2022

I was so proud to see EO members offering support to each other during lockdowns, while we learned to collaborate without regular in-person meetings. Many of those messages can help us in our roles as business leaders, peers, parents and community members. Contributed by Dr. Carrie Santos, CEO of Entrepreneurs’ Organization.

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Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

This is obviously a softball question that I’ve been Asked to Answer, as I’m the Founder/CEO of Gust. The answer, of course, is Gust —because that’s exactly the purpose behind the platform! Gust is the infrastructure that underlies much of the professional world of early stage finance.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

Meet Collabio Spaces : An office suite app with a cloudless co-authoring twist that looks helpful if you need to collaborate on documents without having to worry about losing control of your data or the thread of changes. ” “Long story short, our cloudless collaboration works exactly the same way as a cloud one.

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 16, 2024

One hundred thirty participants on 27 teams drawn from V ista portfolio companies worked to build innovative enterprise software solutions while connecting with their peers. Smith, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, everything from working to socializing to ordering and shopping online has become the norm. In fact, according to emarketer.com ; “U.S. e-commerce sales will reach $794.50 billion (in 2020), up 32.4% year-over-year. That’s a much higher growth rate than the 18.0% That’s a much higher growth rate than the 18.0%

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

And then of course our friends at TechStars launched an accelerator in collaboration with our friends at Disney so now there was six. I have been involved with a high profile one in Los Angeles – Launchpad LA – and we’ve decided to make a shift so I thought this was a good time for reflection. Yeah, he was LA, baby!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2017

TCS Interpreting has developed a well-rounded internship and mentoring program that reflects its core values of growth and collaboration. Our staff interpreters comprise our mentoring team, affording them the opportunity to act in a leadership role. Jessica Moseley is an EO member in Washington, D.C., Residency Track. Fellowship Track.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

92% of consumers trust peer recommendations , while only 22% of brands are trusted. 92% of consumers trust peer recommendations , while only 22% of brands are trusted. Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with This had a dual purpose?—?the they are communities and tribes.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

In the 170 years since Western Union was founded, no company has managed to solve two basic problems that continue to bedevil the remittance business — exorbitant fees and slow deposit times. For instance, it takes days or weeks for money sent from an immigrant in the U.S. to reach a relative in Nigeria. Image Credits: Flux.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Every two weeks from September 10th until December 3rd, they are hosting peer-to-peer knowledge sharing sessions and you are invited! #3 3 Enlist collaborators. Because it’s an opportunity to remind them how intelligent, creative and knowledgeable they are. Which resources do you confidently recommend to your peers?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising? was the 2-way web.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 2, 2019

You need to set aside time to collaborate with your ghostwriter—after all, your name and reputation are on the by-line! When you read articles by busy CEOs on sites like Forbes or Entrepreneur, you might wonder how they managed to find the time to write the content. And you’d be right in many cases! What is a ghostwriter? Writing takes time.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

You’re part of a knowledgeable group of investors who work collaboratively to evaluate each startup and its ability to provide valuable, marketable solutions and good returns.” Accredited investors are invited to nation’s largest angel conference, which has invested $4.8M in 17 startups since 2019. To learn more, visit www.thesdangels.com.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A lot of people ask me what I think of posting to Twitter these days… (I’ll start calling it X as soon as I learn to stop saying Battery Tunnel and Triborough Bridge). Whether you want to continue to post to it is up to you—but I always tell people that creating content should be an exercise in creating value for yourself first.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was saying that I was happy it was all out in the open because I felt at least everybody could now understand the issues & opportunities from the perspectives of angels, entrepreneurs and VCs. I was an angel investor in his company, made a bunch of calls on his behalf and then I personally sent it out on AngelList.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Africans and people in emerging markets missed out on the first set of opportunities that technological advancements brought to the world. Peer to peer transactions and retail trading are two of the biggest drivers of crypto adoption on the continent. million pre-seed to that end.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 8, 2013

At the MIT Center of Collective Intelligence, professors and graduate students are wrestling with an important opportunity – and gaining ground. With new collaborative tools available for use in the cloud, people are no longer isolated in their creative endeavors. Test the system. Respond and build upon the result.

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TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2021

Until children reach a certain age, enrichment programs are somewhat limited to school, sports, and camps, while money-making opportunities are largely non-existent. Because he feared they might fall behind their stateside peers, he began tutoring them when they arrived home, using Khan Academy among other software platforms.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 11, 2023

The BlueHalo team worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Alpine, collaborating throughout development to optimize the frame design based on mold flow analysis to ensure optimal fiber alignment and strength in critical areas. The next generation of IE-V3 platforms will be the first BlueHalo UAS to incorporate the HX5 injection molded chassis.

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FundersClub

JULY 13, 2017

Most offices, whether at a big company or at a startup, allow employees to work at home from time to time. It's not exactly a perk, but it does allow people to better manage work and their lives, as neither of those things adhere to perfect forms of time or place. The real answer, as with many things, isn't a nice declarative little package.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 26, 2018

On top of that, there are personal mentorship opportunities and huge networking events. Either I would board this train and join the organization, becoming a founding member in Brazil, or I would not get on the train, and instead go through my life without any major concerns or opportunities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

At these shows-within-our-show, you’ll engage with smart, driven founders, and investors and members of your community, and have the opportunity to cross-collaborate with leaders from other industries. What’s new at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023? That’s certainly true for the Builder Stage.

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Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

This is obviously a softball question that I’ve been Asked to Answer, as I’m the Founder/CEO of Gust. The answer, of course, is Gust —because that’s exactly the purpose behind the platform! Gust is the infrastructure that underlies much of the professional world of early stage finance.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

The company learned that most ESG tracking is currently done in some pretty esoteric systems — mostly spreadsheets or collaborative databases. Gap analysis and benchmarking versus the industry to see how we can become better versus your peers and competitors. So in addition to the data itself, our tool does workflow management.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 21, 2023

First, value follows, where the customer obtains enough value from the product, gaining validation from peers or superiors. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Unlocking growth is a critical milestone for startups, marking their journey from survival to prosperity.

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