Entrepreneurs Group (E Group)

Are you feeling overwhelmed with your business issues?

Do you find yourself attending endless workshops/webinars or talking to family and friends to solve your problems?

Do you wonder how other businesses are coping with the impact of working remotely?

Even with savvy business partners, excellent managers, and key employees to help you, it can be daunting to run your business. How much time and money are you spending to find the help you need?

E Group offers a unique opportunity for joining a peer support group. We started our first group in 2006 – entrepreneurs have benefited ever since.

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What’s the Solution? 

E Group Partners, Inc. founded and facilitates Entrepreneurs Groups (E Groups) as your solution.

Experience.  Support.  Feedback.  You will receive feedback and advice from Subject Matter Experts in a non-judgmental and confidential environment. This will give you the opportunity to make informed decisions and create actionable results. We bring topics of discussion on subjects that matter to small business owners. Our members can tackle their critical issues during our structured problem-solving forums.

You will grow your business to survive and thrive in E Group!

E Group offers members the following benefits:

• • Each member has expertise in their related field. No competitors around the table!
  •  A total of 3 ½ hours of group and 1-to-1 coaching with personal attention to your issues and goals.
  • Structured team of peers focused on improving themselves and their businesses.
  • Develop strategic growth goals to see beyond your day-to-day operations.
  • Confidential forum for problem-solving to make those tough decisions you face in business.
  • Virtual water cooler (an opportunity to compare notes boss-to-boss).
  • A highly effective alternative from getting “advice” from family and friends
  • Reduced fees for additional Coaching and Consulting services.
  • Members are required to sign a confidentiality agreement at their first meeting. This fosters trust, transparency, and strong business relationships among the members.
  • We are not a leads or networking group. This is a business peer group.
  • Our groups are not for everyone. We qualify our members prior to inviting them to join our groups. We also look for business owners willing to help others as their pathway to success.

The E Group is for you if you find yourself asking questions like these:

• • When is the right time to hire my first employee(s)?
  • How do I improve my “closing” ratio?
  • Where can I find qualified employees?
  • How do I “scale” my business, and what does that mean for me?
  • How do I keep a work-life balance?
  • How do I deal with a difficult client—or one who’s not paying?
  • How can I learn to delegate and stop doing everything myself?
  • Should I use employees or 1099 freelancers?

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The Process

Morale increases, as does effective problem solving. They are better able to cope with changes as they take ownership in the process. Trust in the group and a feeling of importance help members be more efficient and productive.

Goal Setting

You Control The Success of Your Business 

Achieve the goals you set through a methodology that delivers results.

Research recently conducted in a study by psychology professor Dr. Gail Matthews shows that people who wrote down their goals, shared this information with a friend, and sent weekly updates to that friend were on average 33% more successful in accomplishing their stated goals than those who merely formulated goals. “My study provides empirical evidence for the effectiveness of three coaching tools: accountability, commitment, and writing down one’s goals,” Matthews said.

Accountability

Your Actions to Achieve Success

As a business owner, you need to hold yourself accountable for the actions you take to achieve success.

Functioning as part of a peer group helps individuals feel empowered to participate and share their successes and struggles in business. Members hold each other accountable to their goals, celebrate successes and support each other during times of difficulty. Overall, members gain increased satisfaction in their businesses and improved quality of life.

Problem Solving

Turning Adversity into Success

Every business owner faces challenges. It’s what you do with these challenges, how you face them, that determines your success. Entrepreneurs often don’t feel anyone can master tasks the way they can, so they pile the burden on their own shoulders and slowly sink under the weight. They feel like a hamster running on a wheel, expending great sums of energy to just keep up. They don’t delegate—they inundate and unfortunately, can’t extricate from the mire they’ve created. Isolation sets in as they often don’t have the discretionary income to afford all the help they need in their business.

Engaging in Entrepreneurs Group is a powerful process where a business owner walks away with resources, ideas and knowledge enabling them to make an informed decision or create a strategic plan to solve their problem.

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Are You Feeing Isolated as a Business Owner? 

Whether it’s just you and the cat or you and 20 (or more) employees, being an entrepreneur can be lonely. That’s especially true when decisions must be made.

Enter the peer group, where noncompeting business owners gather to share insights and experiences.

“You often can feel isolated,” says Judy Dawson, president, Excellent Business Strategies LLC, Oak Brook. “It’s very beneficial to meet with people who have experienced the same challenges and who share their success stories.

“I may not have experienced everything my peers are experiencing, but when I do I will have seen it.”

Dawson, at four months still new to the entrepreneurial world, is a member of the Entrepreneurs Group, one of three peer groups managed by Michael Shapiro and Mary Erlain.

Peer groups provide “interaction and counseling that make members think through their choices,” says Jim Kelderhouse. Read entire article…