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EO’s framework for sustainability: How EO will become net positive by 2030

Entrepreneurs' Organization

During the recent Reimagine Success event , one of the featured speakers was Yiannis Chrysostomidis , managing director of Sustainable Futures , a boutique sustainability management consultancy in London. The following is a summary of EO’s sustainability framework. EO member engagement is key. Email EO today. .

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How to Objectively Measure the "Fundability" of Your Startup

This is going to be BIG.

If you want mine, I’m doing a little consulting now. ) What I’d rather do is provide a useful framework to understand the objective ways VCs are scoring the opportunity—even if it doesn’t represent a complete picture. Yet, everyone’s got an opinion about how a company measures up, especially the founder. (

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Eight accounting tips every Kiwi startup needs to know

NZ Entrepreneur

Don’t hesitate to consult with an accountant to determine which business structure suits you best. A budget, on the other hand, provides a financial framework for the startup’s operations. If you’re not sure how to create a business plan or a budget, always consult your accountant.

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You Can’t Rely on a VC for Your Hardest Decisions

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It’s like trusting your 28-year-old fresh-from-MBA-school McKinsey consultant to make executive business decisions about your 128 year-old-business that they know nothing about just because they are wicked smart, have a blackbelt in Excel & Powerpoint and do better graphs than you. In my view the best VCs are merely your guides.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. I installed Windows 3.1

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The Four Tenets of Conscious Capitalism

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Kent recently became the seventh certified Conscious Capitalism consultant globally. We are, indeed, in a moment in time when technology, opportunity and understanding converge toward a more caring way of conducting business at scale. EO asked Kent how entrepreneurs can embrace the tenets of Conscious Capitalism. Higher purpose.

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Why Your Startup Needs a Sales Methodology

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But before you achieve product / market fit you’re often in “consultative sales” mode where your objective is to tease out customer needs. I’m going to set up the framework today and in future posts I’ll drill down into each area. We called our methodology PUCCKA. Unique Selling Proposition. Compelling Event.

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