genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

They had a great managment team, A list VCs, great technology, excellent sales traction and market leadership in a very exciting space. My post looks at this from the consultant/employee point of view. Posted by: Atlanta Search Engine Optimization | April 16, 2008 at 07:38 AM. Ive also invested in a number of start-up failures.

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The Next Web

MARCH 31, 2013

Even when we’re in the thick of running a startup, we look to others in the ecosystem at large for motivation, bold new ideas and perhaps most importantly, leadership cues. That they started out of the house of a woman in north Atlanta (much like myself) and grew to become a household name is noteworthy. We need that leadership.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2011

No wonder a recent survey of North American employees found that 87 percent of respondents say their work/life balance (or lack thereof) is negatively affecting their health! Or the leadership team at Facebook? But in many ways, he insists, a perfectly balanced life is a perfectly tepid life.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2016

In the end, it’s the cultural aspects of your company that will help you build an empowered and enthusiastic employee base, while allowing you live to your fullest growth potential. If a leadership team truly values its core values, then it is critical to hire other leaders and team members who share those values.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Last month was honored to be chosen by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of their Most Admired CEOs of 2017. During the process the ABC asked me to do a Q&A on leadership, and I thought I would share the interview: Atlanta Business Chronicle in July named our list of Atlanta’s Most Admired CEOs of 2017.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

You really want to see how your company treats its employees, treats its customers, treats the environment, taking a longer-term view." I've also been spending a lot of time on the phone with my family and my mom in Atlanta. As he explains, it also has "a diversified bottom line where it's not just about near-term profits.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

The first was with Raymond King , CEO of Zoo Atlanta; the second was with Devon Wijesinghe , CEO of Insightpool; and the third with Mark Feinberg , CEO of Uruut. How would you describe your leadership style and why has it been so successful in building a great company? I think I am a pretty versatile leader.

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Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

They even added a couple employees onboard. They had just signed a yearlong lease, added an employee, and Choudhury had ended his trip, but because of that it, “made us really go.”. And one of my favorite entrepreneurs in Atlanta, this dude , has a very young family and is still out there pursuing his dream.

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Jeff Hilimire

JUNE 7, 2014

I was recently meeting with an entrepreneur that went through the Advice For Good program (he donated his time at the Atlanta Community Food Bank and blogged about it , then we set up a time to meet) and we went on a nice walk and talked about his young company. What do you want this business to ultimately be? Find a mentor.

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Jeff Hilimire

MAY 19, 2020

years, as Dragon Army was posted up in the Atlanta Tech Village during it’s early days. The firm aims to grow to 200 employees, allowing it to inspire more happiness, do more work with nonprofits and thus prove Hilimire’s belief in capitalism as a positive force. Granted, I loved those 1.5 The impact of that I’ll never know.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Part of my goal is to show leaders that a business can be both profitable AND stand for something bigger than itself; that you don’t have to sacrifice growth in order to do right by your employees and make a positive impact on the world. And so I am excited to announce the launch of Purpose Group , a different kind of private equity fund.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Gene Hammett’s article for Inc, 3 Core Principles You Need to Attract and Retain Top Talent , is worth a read for any leadership team. And bonus, in the article he shares thoughts from Mike Popowski , CEO of Atlanta-based Dagger. Give employees a place to grow. Give your employees flexibility.

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Venture Chronicles

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Last week I was in Atlanta to support Brent Leary’s Social Business Atlanta event. When Brent called me last year and said he was putting together an event I said “sign us up” without even knowing what he was planning.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

As an early employee I worked all hours of the day, never hesitated to jump on a “ red-eye ” plane to see a customer at the drop of a hat, and did what was necessary to make the company a winner. If you are ever interested in sharing your message with the start-up community in Atlanta, I would be more than happy to help.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

My friend, Gene , interviewed me for his most recent Inc article, 6 Ways Employees Should Think More Like Entrepreneurs. Here’s a snippet: “Most employees of a company wait to be told what to do and often struggle when roadblocks are presented. ” Hilimire stated. . ” Hilimire stated.

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David Teten

APRIL 28, 2016

Employee Resource Groups (ERGS) are key drivers. Ninety percent of Fortune 500 companies have ERGs and millions of employees are engaged in them. Our tools and products will span the process of deep cultural assessment, recruitment of talent in the right roles, on-boarding, branding and leadership development. At stemmed.TM

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 22, 2020

We had ~200 employees that went to the new company, and five years later roughly 90% of those employees were no longer with the company. Every Friday I will send you an email with interesting articles and books I’m reading, productivity hacks, leadership lessons, and an update from that week’s blog posts.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Atlanta-based OHUB has brought more than 1,000 Black & Latino college students to SXSW over the last six years and is expanding further into Texas with the launch of its Equity District in Austin and plans to expand statewide with Capital Factory. True Wealth Ventures focuses on funding companies with women on the leadership team.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

I do this through motivational speaking, leadership and business coaching, HR consulting and writing and I the impact I make is what keeps me going even when times get rough. 16- Treat employees in a better way. The company has also grown from one Atlanta-based office to four offices in Dallas, Houston, Raleigh, and Detroit.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 1, 2017

At the time of this writing I have just attended a Georgia Tech Foundation board meeting in Atlanta and am always there surrounded by achievers who exhibit similar energy. You also win employees with energy. If phrased properly in the framework of high energy leadership, that can be smart delegation and not a sign of disinterest.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

There is little difference between roles and expected outcomes between a full time employee and a consultant – nonetheless there is a very different benefits structure at multiple levels for consultants (as Johnny Law dictates). 6: The sheer amount of brilliant Google employees. # 7: Brain expansion opportunities. #

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

I don't know if you know Frances, but she's just a remarkable teacher around new leadership principles. Ryan Sarver : I always talk about, I joined Twitter around the 30th employee and stayed there until 3,000, and that was breakneck scale and speed of growing. Frank Barbieri : Yeah, I'm going to put a plug-in for one more.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2016

Founded in Los Angeles by Latinos to address the growing demand for short-form online video for Millennials it is probably single-handedly improving the diversity of the tech industry as the employee base is overwhelmingly Latino and proud.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 22, 2021

You can’t track back through the actions of the Atlanta shooter without talking about not only all the factors that twist someone’s moral compass so badly, why he targeted this particular group, but also the ease at which he was able to act on his impulses so easily by purchasing a gun the same day as the shootings. That’s not new.

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