Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So it’s really hard to draw too many conclusions about whether the investment really makes sense because often you learn stuff in the fund raising about the future strategy of the company that might make you much more excited than somebody on the outside might be. Peer-to-peer lending is back! Others I have not.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She hasn’t raised any venture capital. She drove her company to profitability before paying herself a modest salary. She leveraged herself and even sold many of her possessions to get started. And when her assets were tapped she rented out her bedroom and even her couch on Airbnb to afford her year-one operations. More on that later.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

What is the right organizational strategy for a large UK conglomerate to operate more effectively? What would the right technology strategy for Telecom Italia be in 5 years. This weekend was Yom Kippur, holiest of the Jewish holidays and the day of atonement. ’ The correct answer is ‘I don’t know.’

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2024

EOA supports growth through direct learning, access to mentors, leaders, peers, and experts. That’s an 86% success rate of Accelerator grads joining EO because of the direct learning, access to mentors, leaders, peers, and experts that made it irresistible to join EO. EO supports entrepreneurs at every age and stage.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2024

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to join the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), the world’s largest membership network formed exclusively by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs everywhere? With nearly 19,000 members in over 80 countries, EO offers local, regional, and global experiences that support entrepreneurs beyond just business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Here’s what they shared: What is one lesson learned, tip, or strategy you can share with entrepreneurs who want to grow and scale? Here’s what they shared: What is one lesson learned, tip, or strategy you can share with entrepreneurs who want to grow and scale? And that access adds up to success. over the past three years?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

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. I had to laugh a bit reading it. I listed on many databases – some MBA, some not.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 2, 2023

What is your strategy for hiring the ideal team amid post-pandemic Quiet Quitting ? One proven source is the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) , a global peer-to-peer network of entrepreneurs that has provided support, mentorship, and resources to help entrepreneurs achieve transformational growth since 1987.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 15, 2024

Don’t miss our previous posts on How to Protect Your Mental Health When Starting a Business and 5 Strategies To Change Your Inner Dialogue From Critic to Advocate and 3 Steps to Safeguard Your Mental Health and Become a Better, More Effective Leader. The gymnast needs both her mind and body to put together a winning routine.

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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. Then, we develop a communication strategy to convey the value of these face-to-face tasks to hybrid employees, to get their buy-in on coming to the office for high-impact work pursuits.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 22, 2020

The YLAI Network online courses Management Strategies for People and Resources and Smart Entrepreneurship: Next Steps in Expanding Your Enterprise can expand your knowledge on how to be a better leader, manage a crisis and effectively grow your business. Starting a business requires a strong will in order to get a venture off the ground.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

In short his argument seems to boil down to, “Look at me and my peers. There’s an article making the rounds in tech circles titled “ Growth Hacking is Bull ” written by Muhammad Saleem. I’d like to make the case that the article is wrong. I’d strongly encourage you to read it. We were here first.”

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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

MARCH 11, 2022

Emma Allen is active in the Charlotte, NC chapter of EO Accelerator , which empowers first-stage entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to catapult their business to the next level. 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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2024

In hindsight, the difference back then was that I lacked a strong network of peers and mentors to call me on my misunderstandings and mistakes. Being an entrepreneur doesn’t make you a great leader, Creating opportunities for others is commendable, but true leadership goes beyond business ownership. First, a brief background about me.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The bottom-up model has a few key benefits: Companies spend dramatically less on sales than their peers, allowing them to invest more in product; they can sustain hypergrowth for longer because they are not as reliant on raw sales headcount to win business; and they tend to be more profitable in the long run, leading to premium valuations.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2012

With a little patience, forethought, and strategy, you can avoid angel burnout. A mutual fund manager won't give you their portfolio strategy but most seed funds love having a network of angels to syndicate deals with. Here are just a few suggestions: 1) Advise first, invest later. Its certainly not a way to become a great advisor.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Every investor has different strategies for driving returns to its shareholders. It’s even more exciting when you can report an exit of a company that is a major win. It maps to several themes about “solving bigger problems,” “taking more meaningful ownership positions” and “women in entrepreneurship.”

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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. The report also recaps our 2021 investment highlights and shares our thinking on the trends that will continue to drive our strategy in 2022. Place Matters”?—?Rise

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 19, 2024

Who better than our EO community to offer creative strategies for mitigating the adverse effects of stress? Who better than our EO community to offer creative strategies for mitigating the adverse effects of stress? I created Dory as a unique stress-reduction strategy to help me understand and improve my mental state.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Whether it’s securing investment capital, marketing a concept, recruiting new talent or leaning on peers for support and advice, having a solid network can seriously work to your benefit. Let’s focus on the traits shared by most entrepreneurs—and how you can tap into these characteristics to jumpstart your own success. . Preparedness.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 28, 2016

Having the right people in the right seats can hone your operations and output, with the right processes and strategy. As someone who’s dedicated her career to helping small-scale entrepreneurs grow their businesses, I’ve heard many skeptics say a business accelerator program is just a cover for startups looking to increase capital.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2021

It probably felt strange and disconcerting, perhaps with a tone of outrage, as in “I don’t believe things more if they’re repeated!”. Reading the second sentence did not inspire such a strong reaction. Your reaction to the third sentence was tame by comparison. It feeds into their fears, which is a very cognitively fluid part of our mind.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 18, 2021

I feel fortunate to have attended three high-level learning opportunities through EO: I attended EO with Harvard Business School Executive Education : Inspiring Entrepreneurial Strategy, with 95 other members from around the globe to develop groundbreaking strategies and skills in analyzing industry evolution that helped our businesses grow.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

Whether youre still in the idea phase or your startup is underway, here are several key strategies and principles that can help steer you toward success. Two prominent entrepreneurs share their views on starting a business plus 10 tips every first-time founder should have.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 10, 2020

Half of them were former peers who worked with me—daily, side by side. Ultimately, the friends strategy failed, and I wasn’t able to make the leap from colleague to boss while being a successful leader. “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein. Time definitely flies! Learn from mine!

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. 2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 8, 2019

In 1986, Amar Bhide wrote “ Hustle as Strategy ” for the Harvard Business Review. Why was Goldman Sachs earning so much in profits relative to its peers? It’s not a powerful new strategy that a new leader infuses into the organization. Great execution is a winning strategy. That’s the key.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 5, 2023

Below are three proven strategies engineered to ensure remote staffers feel like the essential contributors they are. Open the floor to peer-to-peer praise during your meetings. Yet even seasoned leaders find it challenging to recognize and appreciate their virtual employees fully. Initially, this might seem unusual.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

And I realized that my place at the table isn’t always the opinionated guy debating company strategy but often it’s knowing the smartest people in the market and having close enough relationships with them and having put in sufficient time helping that that I know when I can call in favors. All originally through Twitter.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

I keep a Post-It on my wall with a quote from a professor at my alma mater, Harvard Business School: “Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do?it’s it’s a matter of being different at what you do.”. This is the essence of Authority Marketing. even a book. impress them.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 15, 2017

wall to inspire forward-thinking and to develop productive strategies for setting goals. By Brian Scudamore, founder and CEO of O2E Brands (the banner company to 1-800-GOT-JUNK?) and EO Vancouver member. My dad is a liver transplant surgeon and one of the most educated people I’ve ever known. Don’t Quit Your Daydream.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Every year I try to answer the question of “what has changed in the Venture Capital industry” and this year my colleague Chang Xu and I took a deep dive through the data and called many of our peers for confirmation. Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. More on that later.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Who else can provide context if your portfolio isn’t growing as quickly as your peer group, if they believe you paid too high a price on a deal, if they question your due diligence in a given situation or whatever critique they might offer? Contrast that with a VC conversation I had. We were talking about raising money from LPs.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2025

Attendees who purchase a Diamond level ticket will have the opportunity to take a photo with Dan, plus network with like-minded peers in the Diamond Lounge. The ultimate live event for entrepreneurs, INSPIRE + SUCCEED is coming to New Zealand for the first time in April-May, presented by Success Resources. said Brianne.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It is a time that has tested many of us. Yet, as I mark five years leading the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) as its CEO, it’s a good time to reflect on five key insights gained from such a remarkable community of business founders. These are lessons I have learned, thanks to all of you. Each possesses the unique traits of entrepreneurship.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 2, 2019

Set your strategy with a ghostwriter. These goals will form the basis of your strategy regarding what publications to target, and the type of content you want to create. When you read articles by busy CEOs on sites like Forbes or Entrepreneur, you might wonder how they managed to find the time to write the content. Writing takes time.

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