Overdrive: January 2009

Fueling the Entrepreneurial Engine

Overdrive: January 2009

New Trends in Recruitment and Retention
Warren Bongard

Added On: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:01:20 GMT

As the Co-Founder of ZSA Legal Recruitment, I've discovered a lot of companies nowadays are adopting growing trends when it comes to employee recruitment and retention.

Keys to Running a Virtual Business
Brian Roland

Added On: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:57:01 GMT

When I co-founded Perkline, my discount-oriented business, in 2006, I was living in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, and my business partner and CIO was working from Orange County, California, USA.

Is Your Business Healthy Enough to Survive?
John Stepleton

Added On: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:56:00 GMT

Over the past 15 years, I’ve been interested in better understanding which business practices are most important to maintain organizational health and which will result in a higher level of success.

Health as a Core Value in Forum
Myron Tetreault

Added On: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:51:45 GMT

This exercise helped us crystalize and express the key matters that we held in common as a group of passionate, hard-working entrepreneurs. After a healthy debate, we agreed on the following core values.

Building Leaders: EO Leadership Academy is a Success!
EO Staff

Added On: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:54:28 GMT

On 3-6 December 2008, the Entrepreneurs' Organization held its inaugural Global Leadership Academy in Washington, D.C., USA.

How I Choose a Business to Pursue
Mike Cooch

Added On: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:53:32 GMT

I can’t stop thinking about new businesses to start. In order to sleep at night, I forced myself to come up with a filter that lets me narrow in on business ideas that have sticking power. I have started three businesses in all, two using this filter.

The EO Network has Juice
Kirk Zehnder

Added On: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:52:36 GMT

Last year I booked an end-of-the-year trip to Costa Rica for my wife and me. We had found a quaint and rustic place that looked great and had good reviews in the guidebooks.

Marathon = More Work
Dave Brautigan

Added On: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:59:45 GMT

While there are many ways to get employees involved, I discovered a unique way to promote a healthy work/life balance while keeping company morale high: Running.

Leader of the EO Learning Pack
EO Staff

Added On: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:58:10 GMT

Is your chapter a leader of the EO learning pack? If so, you can nominate your chapter for one of EO’s prestigious learning awards. It’s really very easy.