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EO at the Forbes Under 30 Summit: Top Lessons Learned

By Jacqueline Gellner, Marketing Manager at Entrepreneurs' Organization EO staffer provides her insight and top lessons learned after representing EO at Forbes Under 30 Summit earlier this week, with a special focus on #WOMENtrepreneurs... Earlier this week, nearly 2,000 of the world's best and brightest twenty-somethings convened in Philadelphia for Forbes' second annual Under 30 Summit,

October 9, 2015

Fight On

By Yogi Naraine, special to Octane Blog It’s 7 a.m., Saturday morning. My alarm goes off, waking me from another restless sleep. That means I need to hustle to make sure I’m working by 8:30 a.m., 9 a.m. at the latest. I’ve had this routine now for three years straight. I work six days a

October 8, 2015

Balancing the Babies

By Jen Sterling, an EO DC member and Chief Red Head at Red Thinking LLC Female business owners have challenges that men don’t have. This isn’t a sexist, feminist rant. It’s just simple biology. Women have babies— beautiful, new beings that demand and deserve all that you can give. Some women also have other “babies”

October 8, 2015

When Passion Meets Purpose

To be successful in business, you need to stand out. That best practice is especially true when it comes to entrepreneurship. No one understands the power of uniqueness more than Zahra Al-harazi, an EO Calgary member who’s making her voice heard in business and beyond. In many ways, Zahra’s entrepreneurial journey is like most others—

October 7, 2015

Integrity: The Cornerstone of Great Leadership

By John Manning, President of Management Action Programs, Inc. Turn on your TV. Tap your news app. Scan the paper’s stories of the day. It seems that everywhere you turn, a lot of the news points to leaders who are either struggling with or striving to prove their integrity. No doubt, you may feel like

October 7, 2015

#WOMENtrepreneur Tips from Heidi Hanna

What would a Tuesday be without a few motivational tips for WOMENtrepreneurs? To continue on with our theme of "31 Days of #WOMENtrepreneurs," Heidi Hanna, an EO Speaker, shares a few tips for our audience: Tip #1: Make taking care of yourself as important as taking care of your business! As women, we tend to put others

October 6, 2015