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8 January, 2018

How to Achieve Your #NewYearGoals

#NewYearGoals2018 It’s been one week since the start of 2018. Many of us choose this time to set sweeping goals in our business and personal lives.

Live healthier. Sell more. Be more organized. Communicate more effectively. Sound familiar? The problem with broad objectives like these is that they’re hard to achieve. You might be setting yourself up for failure. Instead, break up your broad goals into smaller, more attainable steps.

To help you succeed in your new year’s resolutions, Octane has compiled the best practical tips for making positive changes!

Check the Octane blog throughout January, and let small steps deliver big results.

Do your goals for the new year include achieving greater balance in your life? Making more of an impact on the many facets of your life—in your self, work, family and community? EO can help. We know that entrepreneurs’ definition of success extends far beyond their business, and we support the totality of the entrepreneurial journey. Learn more about EO’s unique 360° approach.

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2 September, 2016

8 Critical Aspects of Background Screening that Recruiters Need to Know

By Michael Klazema, special to Octane Blog

Most recruiters and hiring managers know that background checks are a vital part of any employee screening and onboarding process. However, while pre-employment background checks are commonplace in most jobs today, there are still numerous aspects of these checks that remain woefully misunderstood by most employers. Here are eight such aspects that every recruiter and hiring manager should know.

1. There is no “ultimate database” of criminal history
On television, the background check process seems so easy. Protagonists run the bad guy’s name through some magical database and voila: they have that person’s entire criminal history file on their computer screen within six seconds. In real life, the process isn’t so simple. There is no “ultimate database” of criminal information. Instead, criminal records are scattered nationwide and are stored at county courts and state repositories. As a result, there is no background check you can conduct on an applicant that is going to cover everything at once. (more…)

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24 August, 2016

My Journey from an “Intrapreneur” to Entrepreneur

By Doug Kisgen, owner of Kisgen Group, Inc. (Culture Index) and Fregata Fitness, Inc. (Iron Tribe Fitness)

I always had the desire to own my own business. My Dad was a CPA and business owner, and his Dad was the local Phillips 66 guy in a small town (he even had a gas pump in his front yard!). Right out of college, I formed my first corporation. It was a music-publishing company, and basically it was a means to funnel income from a professional band I was in. I ended up starting a percussion instruction company and ran some other ideas through the business, but none of them completely took off.

Over the course of several years, I found different ways I could be in charge of something without fully starting a business. I call this time of my life my the “intrapreneur” years. I was a personal trainer, two-location health club manager, family-teacher at Boys Town and head of the training department at a billion-dollar franchise organization. (more…)

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19 August, 2016

Lessons Learned from Scaling Up

By Aidan Fitzpatrick, an EO UK – London member and the founder of Reincubate

As the Chapter President of EO UK – London, I am often reflecting on the learning that has meant the most to me on my entrepreneurial journey. Starting several companies over the years has set me on a challenging, but deeply rewarding, journey, and I’ve learned a handful of hard-won lessons along the way. Advice for entrepreneurs is often reduced to absolute statements and black-and-white “do’s” and “don’ts,” but I’ve found the truth is more nuanced. Some fundamentals—such as values—are critical, yet often overlooked. Here are some of the lessons that have meant the most to me:

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17 August, 2016

Mile-Markers of My Entrepreneurial Journey

By Kevin Choquette, an EO San Diego member, and president and founder of Fident Capital

If you want to achieve, become a world-class learner. That’s the tweet-sized heart of this blog post. I grew up in a loving home of modest means, and creating a future became a mandate. I don’t chase after success just for the money. My father instilled in me the “work hard” approach to life, and I’ve employed it to address basically all challenges associated with this pursuit.

That ethic has been both a blessing and a curse. Rewards certainly come from the “Git ‘er done!” mandate and the immediate, tangible results of a hard day’s work. But humility comes in seeing how slow my progress has been, precisely because I’ve addressed most challenges with the same strategy: work harder. (more…)

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