Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

This weekend was Yom Kippur, holiest of the Jewish holidays and the day of atonement. It’s also the day when most Jewish minds are least focused since one needs to fast for 24 hours. But our rabbi captivated me this year and reminded me of one of the most important lessons I learned myself 15 years ago.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 2, 2023

The Vietnam Angel Network (VAN) provides funding, mentorship, and networking opportunities for early-stage startups. But entrepreneurship is a challenging journey, no matter where you are in the world. In Vietnam, the road to entrepreneurial success can be especially tough. Talent shortage: Skilled employees are hard to find.

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DECEMBER 6, 2013

This creates a large opportunity for companies who see consumer trends and understand enterprises well enough figure out what it will take to get them to participate. Online lending, specifically peer to peer, is one of those markets. This is essentially the bet that Box has made relative to Dropbox.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 20, 2020

The global coronavirus pandemic has forced a widespread shift to remote work. The impact on our families and careers has been significant. Around the world, parents struggle to find a quiet space to work, professionals battle with technology, and employers assess the safest way forward. . For all these reason and many more, we’re stressed!

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Surrounding yourself with diverse teams means being exposed to a lot of different perspectives and creates learning opportunities not possible when everyone you deal with professionally looks and acts like you do. All were backed based on the sole criteria that they had the potential to make my limited partners a lot of money.

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MAY 29, 2012

You want to share your knowledge and help companies, but you also believe that new and innovative companies represent a good return opportunity over the long run for a small piece of your wealth. Early stage finds give you the opportunity to get exposure to the asset class without putting all your eggs in one basket.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) propels the world forward by empowering entrepreneurs with the community, tools, and support they need to unlock their full potential as they grow their businesses. 5000 list , which celebrates the fastest-growing privately owned companies in the United States based on three-year revenue growth. “In

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 2, 2023

Peer-reviewed studies find clear associations between longer commuting times and lower job satisfaction, increased stress, and poorer mental health. Hybrid employees don’t hate the office — they hate commuting to it , surveys show, since commuting can take over an hour per day and cost several thousand dollars per year.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 11, 2022

I knew that if we scaled up, we’d have the opportunity to influence and impact even more people in a positive way, but I needed to take the time to do that,” Allen explained. “It EO staff member Cydney Melton asked Emma about her experience. In 2013, Allen went into business in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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JULY 28, 2014

The company was full of super young, vibrant, and incredibly talented people with a huge opportunity ahead of them--and a lot of difficult challenges. Make the most of this opportunity to build one of the most creative and inspiring places to work in the whole damn universe. Congrats on moving into your new office. S**t just got real.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Our biggest takeaway: founders want more than just growth hacks, they need time to focus on their well-being and connect on a peer-to-peer level. The Startup Struggle is Real — and Shouldn’t Be Silently Endured The founder’s journey can be a lonely one. According to the National Institute of Mental Health , nearly one in five U.S.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 3, 2020

During the Great Recession of 2008-10, Kent guided dozens of CEOs and their companies successfully through the crisis and positioned them to capitalize on the economic expansion that followed. We asked Kent how embracing conscious capitalism during the COVID-19 crisis can benefit companies both in the short- and long-term. Finding My Tribe in EO.

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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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MARCH 2, 2015

I say that, but I''m not entirely sure all my peers understand that. That''s the key--when you think you can help just about anyone, and you really do like helping people, each new pitch is an opportunity. Working out of the Townhouse has been an interesting experience in that I''m working side by side with a lot of non-startup people.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Growing up in Peru, Déborah noticed that individuals with disabilities were not able to easily study or create alongside their abled peers. How this theater director built accessible creative spaces to connect communities in Peru By Jewelle Saunders “Art can transform society,” says Déborah Grández Seminario.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Our team evaluates each potential investment opportunity through lenses familiar to many of our venture peers: market, product, team, and traction. Our team evaluates each potential investment opportunity through lenses familiar to many of our venture peers: market, product, team, and traction. Place Matters”?—?Rise

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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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

MakeSpace , the leading provider of next-generation storage for consumers, today announced an additional $17.5 million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. And where they see stability we saw a sitting duck. Little old us.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

And if you’re going to wake up at 5am in the morning to catch a flight to attend a trade show or stay up late networking at a dinner with your industry peer group then it ought to be something that is your extreme passion. Great programmers are artists, for sure, but rock stars is about the last definition I’d choose.

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JUNE 30, 2011

Be a leader among peers, helping others succeed. I generally find that people are way to focused on finding the next job than they are at being awesome in the role they currently have. A lot of times I think that's because there's way more advice out there about how to climb than there is about to succeed--and we confuse the two.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 18, 2021

I strongly identify with EO’s core value of Thirst for Learning and take advantage of every educational opportunity that comes my way. Natasha Miller is an EO member in Los Angeles, and founder and Chief Experience Designer of Entire Productions , which designs, plans and produces incredible event experiences both virtually and in person.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

These “warm” relationships then prove to be critical when opportunities enable a person who has done this well to see a possibility and mobilize a network. As a result, these people create networks that end up drawing in new opportunities, fueling greater creativity and providing more support. What is dysfunctional collaboration?

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MARCH 5, 2014

The opportunities, however, are different than they used to be. It''s a group of her peers from the professional world--up and coming titans of finance and consulting with good salaries and not a lot of dependents. Today, I want to add two addendum to it, based on the work of two up and coming women in the NYC tech community.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And we are now thrilled to call him a peer as he joined EO as a member, not only meeting but vastly surpassing the qualifying criteria. . And we are now thrilled to call him a peer as he joined EO as a member, not only meeting but vastly surpassing the qualifying criteria. . Meet Brandan Ranaldi, a 23-year-old student entrepreneur.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Serunjogi founded Chipper Cash with Maijid Moujaled in 2018 to offer a no-fee peer-to-peer cross-border payment service in Africa via its app. With that said, Serunjogi says peer-to-peer money movement from the U.S. With that said, Serunjogi says peer-to-peer money movement from the U.S.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 9, 2021

People who grew up in marginalized groups are probably familiar with the difference, since they likely had to work much harder to receive the same level of education as many of their peers or to find networking opportunities that came more easily to others. So it is understandable if, at first, you think they mean the same thing.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

In that prior post, I had offered Y Combinator as a positive example, but I didn’t break down exactly why. This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. Step 1: Find the best founders An uncomfortable truth about this work is that not all founders are created equal.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

This is an exclusive leadership program run by the Entrepreneur’s Organization , the world’s largest peer-to-peer network of entrepreneurs. He is also an active member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Montreal chapter. . Successful people aren’t born that way. I lean over and grab it, immediately hitting snooze on the alarm.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2020

After 20 years managing the digital agency she founded , Adrienne now pursues opportunities to share her knowledge with other entrepreneurs, to grow alongside her peers, and to meaningfully explore the world. . Our clan embraced the opportunity to disconnect and slow down. Here’s what she shared: . What brought us here?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

A Forum, which is also often referred to as a Mastermind, is a group of peers who meet regularly, with the goal of helping each member improve personally and professionally. In a standard Forum meeting, a member makes a presentation about an opportunity or challenge they are facing and asks for the group’s input. In my experience.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2020

EO members whose businesses are coaching, strategic planning and consulting are offering free services to help their peers get back on their feet. Although EO members’ businesses are facing severe crises, entrepreneurs are driven to seek new ways forward and to find the opportunities in adversity. These are not simple questions.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 3, 2019

EO is a peer-to-peer learning organization , so it made perfect sense to offer free mentoring sessions to conference attendees who wished to spend time with an entrepreneur. There is no end to ideas in a world where there is opportunity. This means opportunity. We share his thoughts below. .

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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. Talent seeks opportunities, and opportunities can (and must) be created. I grew up in a small town in north Iowa—Cedar Falls, to be exact.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

The best opportunities in life come from people who PULL you into them. I even visited and made friends and went out every night with my peers. Life at Your Crossroads Photo by Justin Luebke on Unsplash Crossroads Cal Poly Pomona! What’s up!?! I’m so grateful to be up here addressing you today. That is the theme of my speech today.

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JUNE 22, 2020

One of the most difficult conversations I have with founders is when they haven’t quite given me enough of a story for me to make a proper evaluation. A VC’s default is “no”, so without enough information to be convincing, it’s going to wind up being a pass. You need to pick that sweet spot in the middle to talk about.

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