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5 Challenges in Going from E-Commerce to Brick-and-Mortar

Sales might be soaring in your online business, but opening up shop may be trickier than you think. Retail in 2015 was abuzz with a new trend: successful e-commerce companies choosing to open brick-and-mortar stores. The latest was Amazon, who opened up a bookstore in Seattle in November. Smaller companies have said brick-and-mortar space has

February 11, 2016

Get Advice From The Best In Business

By Brian Scudamore, an EO Vancouver member and founder of O2E Brands I am proof that you don’t necessarily need a suit to succeed: I didn’t finish high school, and after talking my way into university, dropped out with a semester to go. Most of what I’ve learned about business has come from starting 1-800-GOT-JUNK? in

February 10, 2016

Reflections from the Womenomics 2.0 Event at the Brookings Institute

Yesterday, 8 February, my colleague and I had the pleasure of attending the Womenomics 2.0 event, hosted by the Brookings Institute to discuss the "potential of female entrepreneurs in Japan." The morning consisted of a presentation by Mitsue Kurihara, a Board member from the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), who launched the DBJ Women Entrepreneurs

February 9, 2016

The True Thrill of Entrepreneurship (and Why It’s Not What You Think)

By Michael E. Gerber, author of 'The E-Myth Revisited' I just received an email at 4:22 AM, offering me the opportunity to participate in a teleconference that promises to show me how to earn $100,000 in only one hour a day. (The email later says that it's $100,000 a year by spending only an hour

February 8, 2016

What We Can Learn From Uber’s Logo Debacle

Logos and brands are important. Everyone recognizes the app with the blue background, and a white, lowercase "f": Facebook. We know the app that contains a yellow background, with an outline of a ghost in the center: Snapchat. What about the app with the grey "U" on a sleek, black background? The dust has settled,

February 6, 2016

Leveraging the EO Network

Tang Ching Leng, Managing Director of Sinwah Industries When incoming EO Malaysia Chapter President, Felicia Lim, was cracking her head over the ideal venue for our latest Strategy Summit, the location of Jakarta, Indonesia, wasn’t even on the short list. In fact, Hanoi, Vietnam, was our final choice after weeks of painstaking planning. A luxurious hotel by the countryside was

February 4, 2016