Upping Your Game: Larry Weidel’s Proven Strategies for a Cycle of Success [Preview]

Everyone wants to do something truly great, but few actually do. Why is that? By setting ‘reasonable’ goals for success, are we really setting ourselves up for failure? What will it take to push ourselves toward the big win? In his upcoming book, “Serial Winner: 5 Actions to Create Your Cycle of Success,” Larry Weidel

August 28, 2015

The Power of Case Studies in Marketing Your Business

By Will Swayne, Head of Strategy at Marketing Results and EO Brisbane member. With market noise greater than ever, I’ve found that prospects who aren’t ready to buy tend to be resistant to even well-crafted marketing messages. “Sell benefits, not features” is good advice, but benefit-rich copy can paradoxically deter prospects who haven’t reached the

August 27, 2015

“Action Cures Fear”

By Erin Scannell, an EO Seattle Member and Founder of Heritage Wealth Advisors The way in which I founded my company was an incredibly humbling experience and is something that, other than my wife, even the very closest people in my life aren’t aware of. I started it straight out of college in 1998, after having

August 26, 2015

5 Ways to Build a Fun, Positive Culture

By Gabe Abshire, an EO Dallas member and CEO, Utility Concierge Sometimes, there’s too much hard work at work. Getting things done is crucial in a functional business, but there’s another side to the productivity coin that’s too often ignored. I’m talking about fun. People aren’t machines, we’re dynamic creatures with incredible creative potential. However, if we’re

August 25, 2015

#MotivationMonday

Inspirational advice for entrepreneurs from the fearless female entrepreneur, Lori Greiner! "In business, it is most often all about getting your foot in the door, and once you do, everything opens up and things start to naturally progress into bigger and more opportunities." - Lori Greiner

August 24, 2015

Leveraging Entrepreneurial Experience to Invest in Startups

By Clifford Holekamp, General Partner at Cultivation Capital As successful entrepreneurs, we are often asked to invest in new startup companies. Last year, fellow EO St. Louis member Rick Holton and I professionalized our angel investment activities by joining three other veteran entrepreneurs, starting an early stage venture capital fund, Cultivation Capital. A recent Kaufman Foundation research

August 21, 2015