How EO Atlanta’s Sara Blakely Shaped an Industry A lot can happen in 12 years. Just ask EO Atlanta member Sara Blakely, who with US$5,000 in life savings and an innovative idea, changed the face… Read more »
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Bringing the Smallest Businesses to the Global Market
By FedEx Get Ahead. You might not initially realize that the eBay seller who caught your eye is a crafts maker in Guatemala, but as entrepreneur Maria Pacheco explains it, that’s the beauty of the… Read more »
The 10 Greatest Social Entrepreneurs of All Time
By Carol Brown, special to Overdrive. While it is admirable to build a successful business of any kind, some entrepreneurs do more than just make a profit with the fruits of their labor. Some actually… Read more »
Connecting Creativity with Strategy
To compete with the big firms, a boutique must sharpen its message. By David L. Goetz, author of Native Tongue: Translating your message into the language of prospects, is founder and president of CZ Strategy,… Read more »
Six Ways to Sell a Millennial with Your Job Description
By Jennifer King, an HR Analyst at It’s no secret that most job descriptions are awful. They make the hiring company sound boring and the work tedious. This could be a real problem for employers when… Read more »
Volunteering = Leadership Opportunities
By Jenny Vance, an EO Indianapolis member and president of LeadJen. I believe that every company has a responsibility to give back to the community. This idea nagged at me for some time as I… Read more »
The Power of Good Wishes
By Laurie Erickson, an EO Seattle member and CEO and president of The Finest Accessories, Inc. As CEO of the Finest Accessories, Inc., I have more than 20 years of experience in the fashion accessories… Read more »
6 Lessons the Girl Scouts Can Teach Entrepreneurs
By Geri Stengel, creator of Guiding Women Entrepreneurs When you sign up for a box of Thin Mints or Samoas, do you realize that you just helped an entrepreneur-in-training? And that she and the 100-year-old Girl… Read more »
Gatorade, Facebook … and a 100-Year-Old Ship?
More than 300 EO members boarded the TSS Earnslaw during the 2012 EO Queenstown University. Not as much rain today, but tons of experience sharing as attendees of the EO Queenstown University heard from some of… Read more »
EO Thrive: Creating a Strategic EO Partnership
By Fred Johnson, an EO Utah member and president of Eagle Environmental, Inc. Looking for more women to join your EO chapter? Here is an effective approach we used to attract more women business owners to EO Utah,… Read more »