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Why This CEO Empowered Her Employees to Babysit the Company

Janel Laravie, CEO of Chacka Marketing and EO Tampa Bay member, was shocked when Yahoo! CEO, Marissa Mayer, publically stated her intention to return to work two weeks after delivering her baby. We spoke with Janel about her own journey, as she prepared to take twelve weeks away from her business after the birth of

October 26, 2015

3 Characteristics of an Efficient Social Media Strategy

By Wendy Lieber, an EO Accelerator (South Florida) participant Social media allows you to reach and connect with a wide audience at almost no cost. Figuring out how to best use social media for your business can completely alter the way you interact with your audience. Many marketers, however, are inefficient at using social media. Marketers

October 26, 2015

Where Are the Million-Dollar Women?

By Julia Pimsleur, an EO New York member and CEO and Founder of Little Pim These are the best of times and worst of times for women entrepreneurs. Thanks to record-breaking levels of investment in startups, women potentially have access to millions of dollars in capital in a way that was unthinkable one generation ago. And

October 24, 2015

Innovation @ Work: How to Build an “Ideas Factory”

Create a company where EVERYONE is innovating! If only a small group of employees are innovating, this could be dangerous for the company. How do we fix this problem? David Fastuca, an EO Australia-Victoria member and Chief Design Officer of Locomote, shares some simple tips on how companies can build an ideas factory!

October 23, 2015

A Day in the Life of an Entrepreneur

Laura Webb, President of Webb Insurance Company and EO Tampa Bay member, has a schedule similar to those of most successful entrepreneurs: packed. We asked Laura to share what her most productive day looks like, from getting up before 5 a.m. to exercise to finishing the day with cocktails at a networking event, and how

October 22, 2015

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

How can you prevent future financial crises? Janet Paterson, CEO and founder of Charter Tax Consulting, Ltd. shares six procedures to prevent these crises: » Redefining the roles. They established better-defined roles between the individuals that processed accounting entries and the individuals that produced them. » Establishing sign-off processes. To maintain proper financial visibility, they made a rule

October 22, 2015