New Member Spotlight: Julie Wrobel
We catch up with the new EO South Australia member and founder of Algo Más Marketing to learn more about her entrepreneurial journey.
We catch up with the new EO South Australia member and founder of Algo Más Marketing to learn more about her entrepreneurial journey.
Categories: Entrepreneurial Journey members WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
By Alex Feldman, an EO San Diego member and founder of Alexander Daas
An underlying critical element to any successful business is talent. The people behind your logo fuel the organization, cultivating company culture and energy in the process. And the right culture and energy bring with it excitement, eagerness to succeed and growth. When I think back on my years in retail and operations, I can’t help but recall the team members who made a difference—they were the driving force of my company. To set these people up for success, I employed a few ground rules that have proved successful in creating an environment that drives productivity, enthusiasm and loyalty.
Categories: Best Practices Entrepreneurial Journey FINANCES Inspirational LEADERSHIP PEOPLE/STAFF
Tags: best practices better business practices entrepreneurial journey leadership
The entrepreneurial journey can begin in the most unexpected of ways. We spoke with EO New York member and president of 4PM Events, who discovered her entrepreneurial spirit after a chance encounter with a friend’s colleague, to learn about the events industry and how she started her companies.
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By Mark Tepper, the president of Strategic Wealth Partners and an EO Cleveland member
Writing procedural documentation for your business may rank down there with “reading the dictionary” on your list of things to do, but I assure you, it’s not only a necessary task—it’s an important one if you plan on selling your company at any point in the future.
Categories: Best Practices Entrepreneurial Journey general Lessons Learned
Tags: best practices better business entrepreneurial journey tips
by Vikram Beri, an EO New Delhi member and Executive Director of Beri Udyog Pvt Ltd.
In 2008, I left my job at a consulting firm in the U.S. and moved back to India to join the family business. Our agricultural equipment company had been in operation since 1978, and had built a good name for itself as a quality manufacturer. What it didn’t seem to have, however, were well-defined processes, a professional workforce and, most importantly, a strong bottom line. I suddenly had my hands full.
Categories: Best Practices Entrepreneurial Journey FINANCES LEADERSHIP Lessons Learned PEOPLE/STAFF
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By Glenn Karr, an EO Winnipeg member and the President of Superblinds & Draperies
When people tell me they’re shocked that I returned to university at 50, I laugh because I can’t believe it either. Over the past seven years, I finished my Bachelor of Commerce, CMA, MBA and law degree in addition to articling at a Winnipeg law firm—all while running a successful business.
Categories: Inspirational Lessons Learned
Tags: advice entrepreneurial journey inspirational motivational tips
By Tej Kohli, a Guest Contributor
If you look at the stories behind the world’s successful entrepreneurs, each is unique in how they overcame obstacles and grew their business. However, there are a few common traits that budding entrepreneurs need to be aware of and learn from to help ensure success in the global market. These are the next three.
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By Tej Kohli, a Guest Contributor
If you look at the stories behind the world’s successful entrepreneurs, each is unique in how they overcame obstacles and grew their business. However, there are a few common traits that budding entrepreneurs need to be aware of and learn from to help ensure success in the global market.
Categories: Best Practices Entrepreneurial Journey Guest contributors Lessons Learned
By Mark Tepper, the president of Strategic Wealth Partners and an EO Cleveland member
When it comes to selling your business, the only way you’re going to be able to bring your exit to the next level is with a hard-hitting exit team. In fact, the only way you’re going to be able to sell your business at all is with an exit team. You need experts who are professional, experienced, credentialed, and can get you what you want from your sale. Let’s start by looking at the must-haves when it comes to your exit team.
Categories: Best Practices FINANCES LEADERSHIP
Tags: best practices better business entrepreneurial journey finance lessons learned tips
By Angel Jones, CEO of Homecoming Revolution and a member of EO Johannesburg
In the late 1990s, with a post-graduate degree and a year of backpacking under my belt, I landed in London. Miraculously, I found a job with the Saatchi brothers. They’d just left Saatchi & Saatchi and started a rival agency, M&C Saatchi. I got in as a runner. Running to get Charles’s dry-cleaning, running to fetch Maurice’s cappuccino, running to welcome our clients.
Categories: Best Practices Entrepreneurial Journey general Inspirational LEADERSHIP
Tags: advice entrepreneurial journey lessons learned motivational tips