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Two Main Aspects of Business

By Sanaullah Abdullah, an EO Karachi member and director of Siddiqsons Industries As an entrepreneur I focus most of my attention towards two main aspects of business: 1) Planning for a different business tomorrow and 2) Creating customer and products. Both aspects are looked at from an outside perspective to give impetus to “out-of-the-box thinking”. The first aspect, planning for a different business tomorrow,

January 29, 2015

Back to School!

By Glenn Karr, an EO Winnipeg member and the President of Superblinds & Draperies When people tell me they’re shocked that I returned to university at 50, I laugh because I can’t believe it either. Over the past seven years, I finished my Bachelor of Commerce, CMA, MBA and law degree in addition to articling

January 28, 2015

Why ROI Based Internet Marketing is like Financial Planning

by Alex Wolk, an EO Accelerator participant and founder of Insite Advice and Digital Marketing Aficionado When people do not understand what an effective internet marketer does, I often compare it to a profession that has been around much longer, that of a financial advisor. A financial advisor, at least a good one, will not offer

January 27, 2015

Keep the Culture Consistent

By Samantha Smith, Chief Executive of finnCap and a member of EO UK - London Seven years ago, I bought out my business from the co-owner and became the first and only female CEO of a broker firm in London. At the time, most other brokerages were run in a very typical manner; they shared

January 26, 2015

Five Reasons Your Startup Should Use a Co-working Space

by David Zazove, an Overdrive contributor and CEO of Inspire Business Center You’ve probably been to a co-working space. People are scattered around library tables surrounded by glowing, silver Macbooks, whiteboards, chalkboards and industrial decor. You can hear whispers of buzzwords such as SaaS, Big Data, Scalable and Growth Hacking. In our modern economy where

January 23, 2015

What Mentoring Failure-to-Launch Men Taught Me about Running a Business

by Matthew Arrington, an Overdrive contributor and executive director and co-founder of Forte Strong Years ago, I co-founded a program for young men who have trouble becoming self-sufficient. While our purpose is to provide life coaching, I can honestly say that I’ve learned a lot from these men — probably just as much as they’ve learned from

January 22, 2015