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EO Accelerator Graduates Share Successful Growth Tactics and Why They Joined EO

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a community of entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs everywhere. EOA supports growth through direct learning, access to mentors, leaders, peers, and experts. Margee Moore of BigOrange Marketing shared that, “The community of peers is so very helpful.

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Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities???with $15 million to?

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Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with It’s clear things have changed for good and the need for managing remote communities of employees, customers and partners has become ever more important. 92% of consumers trust peer recommendations , while only 22% of brands are trusted.

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Staax thinks peer-to-peer payments can onboard a new generation of stock investors

TechCrunch

Now that investing is cool again, upstarts like Staax , which pitched today at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield, are finding new ways to cash in on its cachet, particularly among young people. What sets Staax apart, though, is that it allows for peer-to-peer payments in stock. Image Credit: Haje Kamps / TechCrunch.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. What areas are going to change? What areas need to be disrupted?

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Lessons from a Diverse Venture Capital Portfolio

This is going to be BIG.

Different groups communicate differently—and it’s important to find objective common ground around language, goals, and risks. All were backed based on the sole criteria that they had the potential to make my limited partners a lot of money. I don’t require warm intros. I was reminded of this from one of my founders of non-white descent.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

Not only that, there’s a hugely disproportionate amount of time spent on pitching for money for these paper ideas. Not only that, there’s a hugely disproportionate amount of time spent on pitching for money for these paper ideas. Step #2: Pitch investors. ” It’s true. It’s a recipe for failure.

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When VCs Play Defense

Both Sides of the Table

For years I saw myself as the new guy in VC but then you wake up one day and realize that 50% of your peers have been doing it for less time than you and time has moved on. Somehow the world seems to be spinning faster these days than just a few years ago. It’s exhausting. Perhaps unsustainable. Lines, Not Dots. Attitude over Aptitude.