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Oprah Winfrey Joins T.D. Jakes to Inspire Entrepreneurs at the 2025 Good Soil Forum in Dallas

American Entrepreneurship

Held at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, the 2025 Good Soil Forum continues to serve as a transformative platform that offers not just ideas, but real tools, capital, and community for entrepreneursespecially those from historically underserved backgrounds. Jakes Group and Founder of the Good Soil Movement.

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EO Members Reflect on Coaching GSEA Global Finalists for ‘Start It Up’ Season 3

Entrepreneurs' Organization

These EOers work with the students to refine their pitches and provide insights and tips to help them succeed in the high-level competition. It strengthened my belief in the power of mentorship and the cohesive, supportive nature of the EO network. Sure, it is an opportunity to give back, but that is just the tip of the iceberg.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Adam & I decided we wanted to return to our roots and focus on mentorship, which is our passion.

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BE 2.0: Iterate for Greatness

Paul G. Silva

Each iteration brought valuable lessons that shaped what eventually became a thriving, scalable mentorship program. Startups pitched for 10 minutes each. pitches , back-to-back, with no Q&A. Iteration #1: High-Value, but Unsustainable Our first approach was simple: hand-match startups with mentors for one-on-one meetings.

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Why You Don’t Want to Miss the MyEO DealExchange DX22 Conference

Entrepreneurs' Organization

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. There’s a lengthy application and vetting process for EO members or Accelerators to qualify to pitch.

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The Veteran Fund Announces Oversubscribed Fund and $100K Competition Winner

American Entrepreneurship

Recognizing this, The Veteran Fund announced the winner of its $100,000 Veteran Pitch Competition and the recent closing of its inaugural oversubscribed investment Fund I. Sutton, an entrepreneur, is a Board Member of YPO, a global leadership community of extraordinary chief executives, and the Nevada Policy Research Institute.

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Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping

Entrepreneurs' Organization

My first pitch was not to investors or potential clients; it was to my fiancée, convincing her to delay our wedding plans until Equifund was up and running — a promise that took significantly longer than the anticipated six months to fulfill. I was not licensed, did not have a college degree, could not code.

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