I am passing on a very interesting invitation to the Sacramento Chapter of the Entrepreneurs Organization. I have had lots of good feedback on this organization which includes lots of support and mentoring for entrepreneurs from other entrepreneurs who have been there and done that....there's lots of great synergy with SEA. This event is free and will provide a great talk from an amazing Sacramento entrepreneur, but will also give you a chance to check out the organization for potential membership. It is set for Thursday May 25th at 6PM at the Granite Bay Country Club. You can register by calling Tim Coxen at 916-669-0508 x10 or emailing tcoxen@vhcsystems.com. Let them know you heard about it through SEA. Details below

The Sacramento Chapter of the Entrepreneurs Organization invite you to a special presentation by Abe Alizadeh. Abe started working at Jack in the Box in 1980. Today he and his family own and operate 55 Jack in the Box and 3 Qdoba Grill restaurants. He is also involved, with his brother Mike, in 11 TGI Friday's with 3 higher-end restaurants opening soon. Abe also owns the Portland Beavers AAA baseball team and the Portland Timbers professional soccer team.

Here's some info on the Sacramento Chapter of EO and EO's membership requirements. The Chapter includes several of the region’s fastest growing companies. Companies like Kobra Enterprises, Valley Healthcare (Sac Business Journal's #1 Fastest Growing Co. in 2005), Crocker/Flanagan, Anchor Financial, to name a few are members of our Chapter. Our 25 members represent a wide array of industries that altogether employ over 3000 people with combined revenues of more than $300 million. You can also learn more about EO from the website which is at www.eonetwork.org

Membership requirements are as follows:

Members must be the Founder, Co-founder, Owner; or Controlling Shareholder
Businesses must have annual gross turnover of sales, or annual commission billing greater than $1,000,000.
The EO dues structure is $1600 per year plus new members pay a one-time $750 initiation fee

Check it out. It's free and it could definitely be a plus in helping you build your company.

Gillian Parrillo
The Sacramento Executive