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I’ve Survived Worse

By Hao Lam, EO Seattle member and CEO of Best in Class Education Persistence—it’s one of the most important skills an entrepreneur can have, and one I learned to adopt long before I started my first business. I was born in South Vietnam during the height of the civil war with North Vietnam. It was

March 25, 2015

Igniting the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Israel

By Eran Lobel, EO Boston member and CEO of ELEMENT Productions EO is an amazing organization—the mark you can make with the support of your peers! When I attended the EO Istanbul University in 2012, my primary focus was on exploring how to raise my company’s profile on the global stage. While in Turkey, my

March 24, 2015

Work to Live, not Live to Work

By David McLain, EO Colorado member and the Founder of Higgins, Hopkins, McLain & Roswell, LLC My first job out of law school was with a law firm in Denver, Colorado. What made it special was that it had a sabbatical program for attorneys who had been there for 10 years or more. Unfortunately, the

March 23, 2015

You Can’t Be an Entrepreneur Forever

By Paul Adams, an EO Seattle member and President of Sound Financial Group During my 16 years of helping professionals and entrepreneurs plan for the future, I have come up with three assumptions that prevent most entrepreneurs from building a robust, personal balance sheet as they build their businesses. They are as follows: My business is the

March 20, 2015

Embrace the Chaos

Reghard Goussard, an EO Cape Town member and Founder of We Are Bob As entrepreneurs, we are no strangers to change and working within chaotic business environments. Let’s face it— we are always pushing the business envelope in order to succeed on a bigger scale. But as I’ve recently discovered, there is an unfortunate caveat

March 19, 2015

Three Things Great Leaders Gain from Failure

By Marwa Hijazi, an Overdrive contributor Sometimes you have to fail in order to win. While this may seem counterproductive, mistakes can actually serve as life-changing experiences. Many of the most effective people in management positions got to where they are today through a process of trial and error. Great leaders aren't born knowing how

March 18, 2015