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Cover Focus Entrepreneurs'
Organization

LEADING

BY EXAMPLE

By Marjiya Baktyer Ahmed & Tawhidur Rashid

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization successfully recruited 30 members takers who Boldly Go and take up
(EO) is a Global business network who are industry leaders in their challenges, celebrate failures and
with an impressive 14,000+ respective sectors. successes by sharpening their
leading entrepreneurs in 195 As a global network, EO educates, innate instinct born out of
chapters in 62 countries. The transforms, inspires and of ers courage, creativity and eternal
network was founded in 1987. It is invaluable resources in the form of optimism. The next core value is
a learning platform which enables global events, more of a code of conduct; Trust
business owners to learn from leadership-development programs, and Respect permeates every
each other, which helps facilitate an online entrepreneur forum and facet of Entrepreneurs’
greater business success along executive education opportunities, Organization. Lastly, a Thirst for
with an enriched personal life. among other of erings designed for Learning is paramount for aspiring
EO supports leading entrepreneurs personal and professional growth. members, because as a
in all corners of the world. At its core, EO is a collection of peer-to-peer learning platform,
Chapters provide EO members with like-minded entrepreneurs focused knowledge is the coveted
a local resource to learn and grow, on business growth, personal commodity. Read on to f nd out
including access to development and community from EO members Hossain Khaled,
executive-education events, engagement. Managing Director of Anwar Group,
networking opportunities and There are f ve core values which Tahsin Aman, Chairman of AYAT
mentorship programs. EO chapters drive the platform. Cool def nes Education and Farzanah
also help strengthen the global their approach, attitude and Chowdhury, Managing Director and
business landscape by partnering experiences. The members are not CEO of Green Delta Insurance on
with local businesses and afraid to Make a Mark, be it how their EO memberships have
encouraging job growth. The EO challenging conventions to build enabled them to lead by example
Bangladesh chapter was value, to make a dif erence or to and consistently strive to drive the
established in 2016, and has since leave a legacy. Members are risk entrepreneur spirit.