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Business Ramifications of Legalized Marijuana: Trouble or Growth Opportunity?

By Renita Wolf, a Colorado-based financial executive and author Though it seems unfathomable to the “Just Say No” generation, marijuana is legal, decriminalized or has medical status in 45 of our 50 United States. While the District of Columbia and states including Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon and Washington have legalized the drug within

May 26, 2017

Marketing Is Fluid. Embrace the Changes.

How your marketing shifts as your business grows By Payman Taei, founder of Visme and HindSite Interactive Regardless of the type of business you've decided to start or the industry you happen to be operating in, much of your success will come down less to any one major decision and more to those smaller but meaningful ones.

May 24, 2017

Building a True Client Partnership

Paul Binsfeld is an EO Arizona member, as well as the founder and president of Company Nurse, LLC. In 2016, Paul launched Enspiri Solutions, LLC, the first-to-market SaaS solution for workers’ compensation nurse triage management. He shared tips gleaned from 20 years of partnering with long-term clients in our March 2017 Octane issue. Read Paul’s complete

May 24, 2017

4 Rules to Rule Effectively

By Peter Yang, chief technology officer at ResumeGo What makes a great leader? It’s a simple question, but one that requires a nuanced answer. The fact of the matter is, every business requires a different type of leadership. A great leader in one company might be a terrible one in another. That being said, there are

May 19, 2017

Project Octane: Kicking Into Gear

Every company has a personalized business model, one that separates them from the herd. For EO Chicago’s Zak Dabbas and Ryan Unger, co-founders of Punchkick Interactive, a mobile app and web development agency, the secret to their sustainability comes from “going flat.” In this special interview, Zak and Ryan offer insights into their

May 17, 2017

Too Cool for School: Why Dropouts Are the Most Successful Entrepreneurs

By Brian Scudamore, founder and CEO of O2E Brands (the banner company to 1-800-GOT-JUNK?) and EO Vancouver member. My dad is a liver transplant surgeon and one of the most educated people I’ve ever known. So you can imagine his disappointment when I dropped out of high school (and then college) to haul junk for a

May 15, 2017