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Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

by Greg McDonough, an EO DC member and CEO of EEI Communications If you’ve ever had the pleasure of raising children, you’ve begun to dread a little word called “why?” Although it may not have meant much to you before, it certainly comes as a shock when you realize how much meaning that word actually

December 11, 2014

Just Breathe

by Peter Hermann, an EO Nashville member and co-founder and CIO of BreatheAware Shortly after Belmont Software Services made the INC 1000 list in 2011, one of my firm's key business development channels dried up. By mid-2013 I had made a good dent in developing new growth areas, but it was happening too slowly. That fall,

December 10, 2014

Sometimes the Way Forward is to Go Back

by Marc Levin, an EO Sydney member and co-founder and financial director of Jason.L Bricks-and-mortar retailers have long understood the need for an online presence to move forward, but what happens when an online business turns offline? When my brother Jason started selling office furniture, he did it through eBay while he put himself through

December 9, 2014

Get to Know Your Clients

By Megan McElwain, president & CEO of McElwain & Company and a former EO Accelerator participant My elevator pitch to Entrepreneurs Organization member Jody Steinhauer took on new meaning when it took place on the elevator ride down from the top of the CN Tower. As a member of the EO’s Accelerator program, I had attended

December 8, 2014

Creating a Business Animation that Works

by Heather Baker, an EO UK-London member and CEO of TopLine Comms. Heather gives readers the inside track on how to make a fantastic animation that works for their brand. Animation can be one of the most powerful ways of explaining complex or abstract concepts to an audience, but I can tell you from experience

December 5, 2014

Fill Your Pipeline in December

By Caryn Kopp, “Chief Door Opener” at Kopp Consulting and an EO New Jersey member Why spend the last two weeks of December cleaning out files when you could be filling next year’s pipeline with new business? Most business owners and salespeople believe that trying to reach prospects at the end of the year is

December 4, 2014