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Ben Franklin’s Junto Club: Inside America’s first mastermind group

Vistage Staff — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:52:00 +0000

Modern-day mastermind groups offer a combination of education, support, and accountability for CEOs, business owners and executives seeking to grow their businesses and enhance their personal lives. For leaders with lofty goals, these organizations tap a select group of peers...

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University Students Show the Power of the Peer Group

Leon Shapiro — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 16:03:40 +0000

Today our focus on powerful peer group stories brings us back to school, to Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Bruce C. Boynick was well-known for his knack for listening and remembering the smallest details in a conversation. Perhaps it was this natural skill...

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Bringing Your Brand Abroad: 4 Steps to Going Global

Kim Castleberry — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 19:16:09 +0000

Eric Bershad started Phillip Jeffries, a wall coverings company, in the early 1970’s with less than $5,000 in his pocket and three cases of Japanese grass cloth. Today, the international wall covering business makes frequent appearances on Bravo TV’s Million...

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Blind(s) Ambition

Leon Shapiro — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:24:32 +0000

In 1996, Jay Steinfeld started a Mom & Pop drapery business out of the back of his car. Jay wanted his company to grow, and he joined a local peer advisory group in 2004 in order to help make that...

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Core Values at Duemelands Commercial Real Estate

Leon Shapiro — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:43:34 +0000

Over the next several months, I’ll be sharing stories from Vistage members about how their peer groups helped them succeed in the hope you will share your stories with me here on Executive Street. How do you use the power...

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Congratulations Bob Fritz on Being Named the Ernst &Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year

Vistage Staff — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:50:33 +0000

Vistage member Bob Fritz was named the 2010 Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of The Year for 2010 in Northeast Ohio.

Here's an excerpt from the article about Bob on the Ernst & Young website:

Bob Fritz has brought many new ways of thinking to Avtron Aerospace Inc. as the CEO turned a compalcent family company into a high-techonolgy growth company, then sold it-- along with Avtron LoadBank Inc. and Avtron Industrial Automation Inc.-- to a private equipment firm in 2007.

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Vistage Member in Seattle Wins Washington Manufacturer of the Year Award

Vistage Staff — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:56:32 +0000

Congratulations to Vistage Member Keith Whittemore, President of Kvichak Marines Industries, Inc., on winning the 2010 Washington Manufacturer of the Year Award.

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Driving through the recession

Vistage Staff — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:50:24 +0000

Vistage member Brian A. Rott, president and CEO of Cart Mart Inc. and Superior Onsite Service Inc. shares his journey through tough economic times how superior customer serivice, attention to relationships with customers and suppliers and how Vistage helped him through it.

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