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How to Succeed in Reaching Your PEAK

Perspectives and pointers from the FY2016/2017 PEAK Global Winner, EO Utah. Entrepreneurs' Organization's Utah chapter decided to pursue a FY2016/2017 PEAK win due to, at least in part, tradition. The chapter had a history of winning EO’s former rewards program, the Rockstar, and the Board figured the chapter should take part in this latest iteration.

December 20, 2017

10 Steps to Increase the Odds of a Successful Angel or Seed Fundraising Round

By Murray Indick and Kate Tyler Starting a business is incredibly hard. You need a great idea—ideally one that is disruptive and will scale and that you care about passionately. You need to recruit an amazing team, and ideally, have co-founders you trust and respect. And for those not blessed with inherited wealth, you need

December 8, 2017

Learning Leadership by Taking Risks and Setting Direction

By Kevin Bonfield, founder and managing partner at Concentre and a member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization in Dallas, Texas. I love the beach. Which is great for me, because my family loves the beach as well. The beach provides an all-over experience for me, triggering all five senses. The sound of the waves rolling onto the sand,

December 6, 2017

Should You Hire Your Next Employee Based on Experience or Potential?

By Michael Klazema, lead author and editor for Backgroundchecks.com It’s one of the biggest questions asked by first-time hiring managers: Is it better to hire people based on their experience or their potential? From a cursory Google search, you will see that the most popular answer to this question is “potential.” Most hiring experts seem to

December 1, 2017

The EO Effect

Empowering rural development is the mission of EO member’s Vishal Chordia latest venture. I am one of the founding members of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) chapter in Pune. As a member of EO, my story very much relates to the organization’s five core values—Cool, Boldly Go, Thirst for Learning, Trust & Respect and Make a

November 29, 2017

Sound and Background Music in Retail Stores

By Dean Cherny, EO Australia-Victoria member and Managing Director at Marketing Melodies and storePlay. We all go shopping. Some of us try to limit our shopping time to the obligatory grocery run, others browse all the latest collections for a hobby. We have one undeniable thing in common though: we are all influenced by the

November 27, 2017