
Stories + Resources Insights for Entrepreneurs
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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
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
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
The High Cost of Bankruptcy: Your Mental Health
By Vladimir Gendelman, an EO Detroit member and CEO of Company Folders, Inc. When a company faces bankruptcy, the owner actually faces several types of loss. There’s the obvious monetary cost, yes, but there’s another cost that can be much more devastating and last long after they recover financially: their emotional well-being. As Rishi Khanna
Pruning Your Client Base
By Mark Borge, an EO Fort Worth member and principal of Best Facility Services I remember our mindset when we launched Best Facility Services, a bootstrapped venture rich with naïve enthusiasm and low on cash flow— we had none. Any building was fair game for our janitorial services startup. Persistence, and a few properties brought