Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 11, 2020

Contributed by Ross Drakes , an entrepreneur and creative director based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is simple and short, designed to help you think creatively about solutions to your situation—a few key thoughts to help you reformulate a strategy for the next three to nine months. The result was the Finding North (Again) report.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2018

In short, everything about the experience of working for the company falls under the umbrella of culture and is usually determined in large part by the company leadership and the values, mission, and vision of the organization. And there are definitely benefits to having a well-established, healthy culture.

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StartupNation

JUNE 22, 2021

There are many definitions of “brand.” A brand’s representation of reality begins with and grows under the leadership of a company’s founders, its CEO and its top executives. Here is what you need to know to make an authentic brand come to life: The value of leadership. Most aren’t.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But seeking help can be tricky for entrepreneurs, who, by definition, have the creativity and determination to find solutions to problems others can’t solve. “After hundreds of hours in psychotherapy, I would tell any entrepreneur to try it and see how it can help them.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Mandy: You definitely have to own your strengths and weaknesses to make a partnership work. Kelvin is the creative, free-spirit and I am the type-A, uptight, detail-oriented person. How has your EO experience impacted your entrepreneurial journey and leadership style? We are complete opposites.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 29, 2020

One of the challenges in turning ecosystem building into a recognized profession is the lack of a recognized definition for what it is and what an ecosystem builder is. Clearly, if we’re going to come up with a professional definition of what ecosystem building is, it needs to include this connector/connecting aspect. Community Focus.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

“We didn’t need the money, but now we will invest it to grow faster and capitalise on our leadership,” Beloussov said in an interview. “With private equity investors like Goldman Sachs [which led its previous round in 2019] and CVC, they definitely expect liquidity at some point,” Beloussov said.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. thought leadership. If you need some help with the creative process read this. This post originally ran on TechCrunch. We all read them to get a sense of what is going on in the world, peeling back layers of the old world in which media was too scripted. Absofuckinglutely. accessibility.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 31, 2019

I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to say definitively what constitutes a great leader. One way of looking at leadership development is through Adult Development Theory, an idea pioneered by Dr. Robert Kegan , a developmental psychologist at Harvard that borrows from others in the field. Leaders may be understated or zealous.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

I’ve covered Wyvern in the past, including when the startup participated in incubator Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)’s academic conference-like demo day back in 2019. Robson told me about how that key leadership team member came onboard. So definitely a fantastic addition in terms of tech strategy.”

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2021

Ivy Slater, CEO of Slater Success , offering strategy, leadership, and speaking services. ”] As Ivy Slater said, I’ve definitely learned about some people thinking outside the box. It gets my creative juices going. Different perspectives, unique ideas, and creativity are just a few to mention. 5- Diversity.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2016

Within the context of organization leadership, the word “alignment” means all team members are clearly on the same page and moving forward in one direction with focus and energy. And we can break the definition down even further. Here is where “leadership skills” come into play. It is not as simple as just running the numbers.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 20, 2021

From a leadership perspective, it’s important to understand how to leverage technology to make teams more efficient when working from home, but also to ensure that all team members still feel they’re a part of the team. Even at a distance, it’s great to organize creative socializing events, such as virtual happy hours on Zoom.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 16, 2022

Even before my Jarrod Dicker starting tweeting in his “web2 vs web3” style, I gave him s**t about his thought leadership which seemed to be 80% “that’s smart” and 20% “what did you just smoke because I have no idea what this means?” But seriously… Music is definitely the best representation of me. We were definitely too early.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 6, 2020

Before starting Zékiri, I had three failed attempts at different businesses, where I definitely learned throughout these experiences how to be a good leader and what mistakes I could learn from. We had to find new, creative ways to approach this challenge, and through this, we are also more prepared for any future challenges.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 23, 2017

If one of those two variables is lacking, a different leadership action is needed. Why would they share the same definition of clean that a parent does? His heart is where his enthusiasm is; his brain is where his creativity is, his ingenuity, his resourcefulness.”. It requires leadership. Assess Skills. We make excuses.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 29, 2019

The interpretations and definitions of these terms are open to some debate though and high-risk tolerance and creativity, also regarded widely as central to an entrepreneurial mindset is not included in this model. Personal strengths and weaknesses are hugely relevant to each individuals journey to effective entrepreneurial leadership.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Writing is, after all, fundamentally a creative process, and it is only by systematically taming that process that writing is able to be used as a business tool. Now, “automated’ writing sounds pretty bad, but only if you are still clinging to that creative instinct.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

An achievement I am deeply proud of as I hand over the reins of leadership to the amazing leader Tatiana Glad and shift to the Board of the organisation to help with larger-scale partnerships and influence through social entrepreneurship policy. Practice Academy definition meeting, Milan 2011. Global leadership pioneering meetings.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

You do NOT have to have funding to start a business but you can definitely bootstrap it. You can also apply if you’re a freelancer or an entrepreneur in the creative industry. The decision as to who gets the grant is based on the participant’s creativity and innovation. Website: [link]. 8) Oakland Black Business Fund.

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Jason Malki

JULY 10, 2023

With over two decades of experience in product development and technology, Libby embarked on her career journey at GE in 2001 through their prestigious technology graduate program, IMLP (Information Management Leadership Program). What motivated you to launch your startup? Our motivations stemmed from multiple factors that aligned perfectly.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 20, 2024

When you have such a critical change in the platform structure, you need to rethink so much that it’s only going to happen if you have this very strong kind of top-down leadership. That didn’t require any kind of strong, decisive leadership as much as it just required paying attention to the market. Adam: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

They also have a very smart and efficient approach to creative development that was critical to helping us scale,” she wrote. (If That being said, we work with companies of all sizes — startups, companies that are already established, and very large companies that need to rework both their creative and their media buying strategy.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

So, we developed this leadership talent for engineers, the first of which is build with purpose. Marco: Yeah, and that was definitely new. And so all that, I think, this shift towards more of a real-time business is something that AI definitely will accelerate. Maybe talk a little bit about that shift.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Today, Hopin has a clear vision, a battle-tested team, and miles of runway to execute, thanks to the prescience of our leadership team. One day, an extended leadership team meeting was called and the leadership team says we can’t keep growing like this. Early on, I asked to remain in a leadership role. We pause hiring.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Insights gained from an effective analytics strategy can not only save you resources and time, but also broaden your customer base, increase productivity, and put your employees at ease by showing that leadership is educated and responsive.”. Jen Laloup , CEO, Mobile Growth Association . Prioritize.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

By definition, these unconscious blobs of information bypass our biases, our rational filters and our attention span, even in a condition of cognitive overload where the majority of bits get blocked by our innate defense systems. Creatively Use Limited Resources: Even with limited resources, creativity can fuel emotional design.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

As marketers in a sector plagued by a dark history of heists and fraud, we’re forced to help our customers understand the real value that Web3 products enable through quality content and thought leadership. Before considering growth, however, it’s important to understand what growth means for your project.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

It was definitely eye-opening and an expensive lesson. I learned this the hard way when starting Hunter Super Techs, and while the company is thriving as of now, I definitely had my share of failed marketing ideas when first growing the company. Developing a new business is a symphony of trials, tribulations, and triumphs.

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Reforge

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In the 90s, PRDs spanned 20-30 pages and were meant to be the definitive record of every detailed change. With the evolution of agile development and the acceleration of software-centric businesses, product teams realized that static documents aren’t the best tool to represent dynamic creative work. Our Reforge members agree.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 26, 2019

Reflections on measurement and definitions for evaluation – Part 1. If non-white populations continue to be left out of the innovation game (which includes defining problems, developing and owning solutions), we all continue to miss out on the creative solutions to societal problems. By Stacey Williams, PhD, MPH.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 26, 2022

And I’ll tell you that one more thing, my definition of success is not about achieving something or is something extrinsic like that. Mr. Steinfeld is passionate about creating a workplace that humanizes employees and fosters creativity. The power of building a minimal viable product and then iterating and building from that.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Definitely see changes in evolution of young startups given the behavioral changes caused by COVID. Companies need to be innovative and creative in maintaining/building culture, which was so much easier pre-COVID. Our founders are resilient and are finding creative means to succeed.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 22, 2024

If you offer a quote to a journalist looking for commentary, you’ve benefited from it whether they choose to use it in the article or not because you’ve now introduced yourself to a journalist as a willing participant in thought leadership, and in the best-case scenario, you’ve got online coverage to show for it.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Kevin is the only motivational leadership speaker in the history of America to have a day passed by the United States Congress. Maybe be creative enough to come up with an idea that will sustain you, transform your life and your family's life. Steven suggests definitely starting with LinkedIn. Awesome small business advice!

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Reforge

JULY 12, 2022

In this piece, we will cover: The definition of coaching and how it fits into a manager’s portfolio Why most managers struggle to coach How to improve your coaching skills today We also created a new Coaching Reflection Template that you can use to instantly apply the coaching frameworks, tips, and ideas outlined in this article.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

It felt like my whole life was consumed by this industry, when really, there’s more dimensions to me as a person, and also, what I wanted to do creatively. ” Jarvis Johnson [00:10:32] – I definitely could’ve stayed at Yelp for a long time because I had a lot of good people around me.

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