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“A TotalE Family Affair” by Jamie Douraghy

Many members of my immediate family are entrepreneurs, and several of us have a long history within EO. I, myself, have been an EO Los Angeles member for 11 years; my brother Bejan has been an EO Chicago member for six years; my brother Cameron was an EO San Francisco member for six years. Even

November 25, 2015

Mastering the Art of Cold Calling

“I was asked to recite this script a hundred times - literally,” said a wide-eyed friend who was a trainee at a call center. A lot of hard work goes into making cold calling a success. A script may be prepared with care, but it must be presented with spontaneity, and it needs to flow

November 24, 2015

TotalE Family Reflection by Lisa Cini

I think the biggest lie an entrepreneur can tell themselves is that work and family are separate. Trying to separate out my family from my work would be like trying to separate my spirit from my body. If I am the captain of my journey, then they are my ship. They are with me through the storms and

November 24, 2015

Leadership Hacks to Take Your Business to the Next Level

By Brian Scudamore, an EO Vancouver member and founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? It would have been easy to spend my life as a Rubbish Boy. At 19, I started a junk-removal business called The Rubbish Boys to pay my university tuition. In only a few years, we had 11 employees and were pulling in half a million

November 23, 2015

How My Daughter and My Employees Gave Me Something to Fight For

My daughter and I have a tradition. Every week, we go out for sushi and visit the nearby bookstore. It might not sound like much, but being able to consistently share something that we both enjoy means the world to us. As the founder and CEO of a business, work keeps me very busy, so

November 23, 2015

TotalE Family – Recorded Reflections from a CEO

How does family influence your TotalE experience? Theresa Fette, CEO of Provident Trust Group and EO Las Vegas member, discusses the unexpected role family plays in her career: If you would like to submit a video to the Octane blog, email us! totalE from EO Network on Vimeo.

November 22, 2015