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Good Deeds Day Marks 10th Anniversary

We’ve all experienced a positive mental boost from doing a good deed, whether it’s opening a door for someone with their hands full, donating time, giving blood, or organizing volunteers to make a bigger impact―it feels great to do something purposeful to help people. Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist Shari Arison knows this feeling well. That’s

May 12, 2017

That Devil on Your Shoulder

A typical entrepreneur’s origin story includes an impassioned desire to meet a challenge head-on and to build a business that solves a problem, eases a pain point or creates new opportunity for consumers. This drive becomes missional to the company – often providing the context for the formation of core values, the early recruiting of

May 11, 2017

3 Reasons to Reconsider an Offshore Option

By Tom Rowinski, managing partner at JTR Solutions, custom software development Outsourcing software development has been a trend for some time after the demand for these services led to an increase in providers around the world. Over the past 20 years, outsourcing has spanned from Latin America to India, Eastern Europe to China. While analyzing your

May 10, 2017

Can You Go On Vacation?

By Kirk W. McLaren, CEO of Foresight CFO, a group of financial growth specialists who coach companies in the Habits of ProfitabilityTM We're heading into summer. As a business owner, this could be your busiest time of the year either for the business itself or the act of balancing work with your personal life. Kids are out of

May 8, 2017

Q&A with Dr. Karl Blanks, Winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation

Dr. Karl Blanks is an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) London member and the co-founder of Conversion Rate Experts, a Google-authorized consultancy that scientifically converts websites' visitors into customers. The former rocket scientist, a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, England, has grown clients in 80-plus verticals, in 22 countries and in nine languages. With his co-founder, Ben Jesson, Karl

May 5, 2017

Creating a Millennial-Friendly Workplace

The following article originally appeared in EO's award-winning Octane magazine. For more insightful articles from entrepreneurs, visit Octane magazine online. By Susan Michel, founder and CEO of Glen Eagle and an EO New Jersey member The influx of millennials into the workplace is providing today’s entrepreneur with a number of new challenges and opportunities. As you add

May 3, 2017