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5 Ways to Build a Fun, Positive Culture

By Gabe Abshire, an EO Dallas member and CEO, Utility Concierge Sometimes, there’s too much hard work at work. Getting things done is crucial in a functional business, but there’s another side to the productivity coin that’s too often ignored. I’m talking about fun. People aren’t machines, we’re dynamic creatures with incredible creative potential. However, if we’re

August 25, 2015

#MotivationMonday

Inspirational advice for entrepreneurs from the fearless female entrepreneur, Lori Greiner! "In business, it is most often all about getting your foot in the door, and once you do, everything opens up and things start to naturally progress into bigger and more opportunities." - Lori Greiner

August 24, 2015

Leveraging Entrepreneurial Experience to Invest in Startups

By Clifford Holekamp, General Partner at Cultivation Capital As successful entrepreneurs, we are often asked to invest in new startup companies. Last year, fellow EO St. Louis member Rick Holton and I professionalized our angel investment activities by joining three other veteran entrepreneurs, starting an early stage venture capital fund, Cultivation Capital. A recent Kaufman Foundation research

August 21, 2015

Successful Networking with Less Legwork

By Brandon Dempsey, an EO St. Louis member and partner of goBRANDgo! Five Ways to Land the Clients You Want Finding clients is hard work. People run from event to event, collecting stacks of business cards, praying someone, someday might actually call on their services. Unfortunately, they’re probably wasting their time. Simply meeting someone at a

August 20, 2015

Buddha… And Why EG Went to Rio

By Adam Geha, an EO Sydney member and CEO of EG Funds Management Legend has it that Buddha was once asked about the meaning of life. “To be awake”, he replied. I was at university when I first read this story, and Buddha’s simple but startling response fell like a wash of ice on my

August 19, 2015

Hot, Humid, and Humbling

By Greg McDonough, an EO DC member and CEO of EEI Communications That’s the only way I know how to describe July 19th, my birthday and the day I battled against myself as I competed in IRONMAN Zurich. With my family camped out race-side, and my friends cheering me on digitally via (an athlete tracker/race

August 18, 2015