Why Join Reno Tahoe EO?

What is EO?

EO stands for Entrepreneurs’ Organization and is a non-profit membership group for entrepreneurs. It is designed to help business owners on their path to greater business and personal fulfillment. There are EO chapters worldwide, affording the opportunity to interact with entrepreneurs from many different business segments and locations. The Reno/Tahoe chapter currently has about 30 members, all local business owners who welcome the opportunity to interact with others and improve themselves and their business. The

Mission

statement for the Reno/Tahoe Chapter is:  “To be the most valuable resource for entrepreneurs in the Reno/Tahoe area.”

 What are some of the benefits of Joining?

EO is a support, learning, and a social organization for Entrepreneurs. There are many programs and benefits at both the local and International levels but most of the benefits can be broken down into three categories:

· Peer to Peer Learning

· Once-in-a-lifetime Experiences

· Connections to Experts

 Forum. The most important peer to peer activity for most of our members is “Forum”. Think of forum as your “board of advisors” for both business and personal issues. Forums are generally from 5 to 10 local EO members. Forums usually meet once per month and 1 or 2 members do presentations. These are problems or situations that they are facing that they hope the advice and experience of the other members will help with. Joining a forum is an optional part of the EO experience, but once you’ve joined one there is generally a requirement that you attend a majority of the forum meetings.

Learning Events. The Reno Tahoe Chapter has a chapter wide learning event approximately once per month. These events can be focused on personal issues such as health and fitness, business issues such as negotiating, or may be purely social. No matter what the theme, we attempt to make them “once-in-a-lifetime” in the sense that they are the kind of activities that it would be unlikely to have the chance to do on your own.

International

Benefits. EO International has a connection to experts feature on their websites that gives you access to both the best medical advice in the country, as well as personal access to experts in a variety of subjects worldwide. You can reach out and email these people to help you solve your personal and business problems.

Who Can Join?
To join you must be the Founder, Co-Founder, Owner or Controlling Shareholder of a business with a minimum of US$1 million^* in annual gross sales^**.  In addition the EO Reno/Tahoe membership committee must accept your application.

 

*There is a special provision for Venture-Backed Startup Companies (for-profit). For these start-up companies, the following quantitative requirements apply: privately raised funds of at least US $2 million or publicly raised funds of at least US $5 million and; a minimum of 10 full-time employees and; reach US$1 million within three (3) years of joining

**The Reno/Tahoe chapter does not have age restrictions or separate groups by age (YEO/WEO) as is done by some chapters and as listed on the EO International website

How Do I Apply?

You should email or call the current Reno/Tahoe Membership chairs to setup an interview lunch.

Cort Christie

at 830-8524 cortc@nchinc.com or Jim Kaplan at 831-1888 jim@kcorporation.com You can also apply online at www.eonetwork.org and click membership opportunities.