Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2020

When Pete approached me for advice, I recommended the “Failure-Proofing” strategy, which is a pragmatic and easy-to-use technique to defend against planning and project disasters. In addition, present any evidence you might use that would serve as an indicator that the failure you are addressing is happening or about to happen.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 28, 2023

I sat down with three business leaders last week to interview them about how they handle strategy. I started the session by asking, “Who owns your company’s strategy?” The CEO or leader can and should own the vision of the company’s present and future — where the company is going.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 31, 2024

Similarly, in business, when an opportunity presents itself, and it’s the right opportunity, you have to go for it or you might never get that chance again. The post Ride the Entrepreneurial Wave: How Surfing Informs Business Strategy first appeared on The EO Blog. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 3, 2024

As an EO strategy summit facilitator, I have witnessed first-hand the value of these events for the community. Strategy summits are opportunities for growth, connection, putting steel to the grindstone, and sharpening processes to drive transformation.

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StartupNation

JUNE 25, 2021

However, by having all of this well thought out beforehand, you can save your nerves, and instead of coming up with strategies from scratch, you have a base to build from. This should start with revenue strategies. When setting your pricing strategy , be careful. Don’t underprice yourself! Sell wants, deliver needs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

MyEO DX attracts EO members who are looking to transform or reinvent their business strategies or overall engagement with entrepreneurship. Some MyEO DX members are angel investors and serial entrepreneurs with deep knowledge about the process and strategy behind buying and selling companies. What are some of the DX22 event highlights?

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 21, 2025

Entrepreneurs and changemakers from across the country will gather in Dallas June 12-14, 2025, for the return of the Good Soil Forum, presented by Wells Fargo. Known for igniting purpose-driven business growth, this years event will feature none other than media icon, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Oprah Winfrey , who will join T.D.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

I am good at cranking out documents, memos, presentations, letters and spreadsheets. I write my presentations the night before. I even learned how to mark somebody present who was absent. So if I’ve committed to delivering a presentation – you’re going to get my best effort. I rush the last 20%.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Smith spoke of SAP’s interest in Maturn, saying, “As soon as we learned of Maturn, we realized the maternity journey presents a possible barrier to a key population reaching their greatest career potential.”. The post 6 Strategies for Local Startups to Scale Up Nationally appeared first on StartupNation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

You have it in case anyone wants to dive in deeper, but your core presentation should be focused on your biggest, most bullish hopes for the company seven to 10 years from now. Put your presentation to the “grandma” test. So make your pitch tailored to what excites venture capital investors and avoid what does not.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2021

EO Impact Day , a quarterly event series, aims to answer that question by presenting experts and providing the tools entrepreneurs need to start making the world a better place. . “ As the ‘inspire’ arm of EO’s Inspire, Learn, Act series, we’re inviting and engaging members to become a part of EO’s sustainability strategy.”.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

If you've been wanting to learn a new skill or even strengthen existing ones, here are the seven tried-and-trued strategies I used to boost my expertise—and how you can, too. Now that we're on the same page, let's dive into the seven strategies you can use to learn a new skill or enhance the ones you already have.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2024

The lean startup approach introduces a more dynamic and resource-efficient strategy. Such real-world input is crucial for deciding whether to persist with your current strategy, tweak your idea, or abandon the project altogether. While still in use today, that method comes with high risks, particularly when resources are scarce.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

If you're a beginner learning the ropes or a veteran B2C marketer making the shift, trying to work with anything other than a purpose-built B2B email marketing strategy is a recipe for disaster. 6 key strategies for designing a B2B email campaign You get it: B2C or generalized email strategies are a no-go for your B2B campaign.

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Dream It

MARCH 6, 2020

This does not necessarily mean you need to talk about your exit strategy, but founders should provide a roadmap for how they will become a huge company in the future. Founders have to look at what kinds of assets funds have access to, where those assets are, and whether they fit with the growth strategy of the startup.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2021

During an online business workshop in December 2020, the presenter asked me whether our venture was a hobby or a business. There’s no need for long-term strategy or a plan for growth because there’s no risk if your venture fails to attract clients. Strategy involves long-term planning. Running a business. How about you?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

I recently attended and presented at Dave McClure’s PreMoney conference in San Francisco. Here is the video of the presentation that I gave that preceded our debate. At some point the music will stop and we’ll find out which strategies were prudent. tl;dr version. And we ended. Startup Lessons'

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Getting distracted may seem innocuous, but the consequences are disastrous over time: lost productivity, falling revenues, and a gnawing ever-present sense of missed opportunities. These overachievers and members of The Oracles share their strategies to sharpen your focus, prolong your concentration and beat distractions once and for all.

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Red Rocket

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I was curious what her startup founders were seeing, in terms of the best marketing strategies they are successfully using today. An important addition to his marketing strategy is engagement and interactivity on social media, with Entity regularly designing contests, games, and events for users and prospective users to participate in.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

Led by Jan Heybroek, the closed, coached conversations facilitate shared experiences around one presenter’s specific business challenge in a deep-dive presentation format. Never share your exit strategy with venture capitalists. Business challenge: Scaling a SaaS business. Here are 11 tips EO members shared: 1.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

Entrepreneurs are presented with both business and personal challenges as they travel their entrepreneurial journey. For example, if you’re struggling with product-market fit, your mentor can share their experience and strategies for refining your offerings. Accountability can be a powerful motivator.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Those same opportunities just aren’t present for workers who telecommute—unless we go out of our way to keep connections with people outside our direct team. Here are two key strategies that can help you and your teams break out of the silos you’ve been stuck in: 1. Maintain a location-agnostic culture.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 21, 2021

With the challenges presented to entrepreneurs and their businesses during the pandemic, it is crucial, now more than ever, to utilize this time as a moment of professional growth and self-reflection on the branding and marketing efforts of businesses. Rebranding and expanding your target audience with a social business expert from Brazil.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 17, 2022

an award-winning online printing company that has helped over 5,000 businesses print more than 20 million presentation folders. The following is my advice on how to not just survive, but thrive, during a downturn along with examples of how we’ve used these strategies. Nobody was ordering customized presentation folders.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In this article, we discuss how you can develop an employee feedback strategy that works. You can demonstrate this by presenting findings to employees, along with any changes that are being made in response to the feedback. The post A Startup Guide to Creating an Employee Feedback Strategy appeared first on StartupNation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Daniel Pink’s presentation, The Power of Regret , provided an opportunity to rethink and re-frame my mindset. Winnie Hart ‘s presentation on how to Stand Out as a Thought Leader provided great tools that reaffirmed why I do what I do.”. We talked strategy and EOS on the chairlift. It was incredible.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

I’d like to schedule a 45-minute call to agree our strategy and understand who your key contacts are.” You may have an opinion on your market-entry strategy for Europe. Ask them for a meeting to review your pricing strategy with you. Have topics. Here are our key contacts. More information comes out. Already covered.

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

His strategy for selling in 2009 is relevant to any economic downturn. In this episode of #DreamitLive , Moore discussed the challenges we are confronted with in a downturn and the unique challenges COVID-19 presents. Luckily, the strategy can be broken down into 3 steps. What keeps them up at night? What are they ignoring?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

You would expect the co-founder of a startup that improves on traditional slide presentations to hate tools like PowerPoint. But he found that creating good presentations took hours of work and was especially difficult for people without a visual design background. But that’s not the case with Mayuresh Patole, the CEO of Chronicle.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 18, 2025

The two companies collaborated on a technical paper co-authored with experts from the semiconductor and quantum computing industries that lays out a strategy for achieving large-scale quantum computing. Qolab, Inc.,

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2020

We asked three EO members what strategies they are implementing at work and in their personal lives as COVID-19 continues to spread. Red Banyan is approaching the present situation with calm and decisiveness, which is how we counsel our clients to operate in times of crisis. He is an EO South Florida member.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 2, 2020

Fortunately, recent research in cognitive neuroscience has identified strategies help you know when you’re falling into cognitive biases , as well as ways to defeat these dangerous judgment errors in your professional life. It’s a learnable strategy based on a distinct sequence of eight simple steps. It’s not mythical.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

You need to be very present in these periods of time. Being active, engaged, present, knowledgeable and having earned trust from the core team can make a huge difference on the eventual outcome of the companies. Each major change is an inflection point and a chance to get things really right or horribly wrong. Price matters.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.). and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs. were more distributed.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

The short answer is that you should have multiple versions of your “pitch deck” (a short, visual presentation in Keynote, PPT or similar and shared as a PDF) and each occasion has a specific goal. go back and present them. (This is part of a series on how to improve your fund raising game. I recommend sub 10MB. Don’t send these?—?go

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2022

This cultural best practice is based on guidance I helped develop for leaders at 17 major organizations in implementing effective strategies for a work culture fit for the future of work. Many of these employees must be present on the factory floor. Our future is hybrid.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2021

He has raised venture capital for his startups, helped hundreds of founders craft their pitch decks and fundraising strategy, and invested as a business angel. For many of these pitches, it made sense to complement the words with a nice presentation—called a pitch deck. Most company presentations and pitch decks I see are way too long.

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