Types of Membership
There are two Member Classes: Entrepreneurs and Professionals

Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs typically have been in their business for 5 years and have at least $1.0M in Revenues.

Since there is no hard and fast definition to fit this changing area of American Business, we have looked at our Entrepreneur Members and found the following characteristics:

• They typically have pledged their house at a bank to make payroll
• They are totally dependent on their business for their income
• When they leave their business it goes into a noticeably lower gear
• They are totally responsible for the strategic direction of the business
• Their business is profitable and growing
• They are interested in learning as a method to help grow their business

Professionals
Our professional members have a minimum of 15 years in their area of expertise. 

Characteristics of our Professional Members:

• They usually have an expertise in a specific discipline
• Their compensation is generally the result of a team effort
• When they leave their business for short periods, it goes on without them
• They generally work inside a large organization
• They supply services to the entrepreneur
• They are very helpful to our Entrepreneur Members, particularly in the association's mentoring process

According to our Membership Standards, Professional Members are currently limited to 20% of the Membership.  The Professional category is currently CLOSED.

The Masters Program

A Master is a member who voluntarily pays a small dues premium to help underwrite our student entrepreneur programs. 

Masters and Sponsored Students meet as a group at an annual lunch sponsored by the association in October.

The Masters program rewards those members, who pay the small dues premium that is used to support unique student experiences in entrepreneurship, including: Entrepreneurs’ House, Reality Bridge, and Immersion Week.

There are several relationship building and educational experiences each year reserved exclusively for our Master members, including exclusive CEO briefing with top executives from around the country and visits to other Master member companies for a small group business discussions on topics of interest to the group.

 

How to make application to Join

Applicants must be sponsored by another member.  All applicants are interviewed by the Director, and then their application, if accepted, is presented to the Chair of the Membership Committee for consideration.   

Membership Renewal Period
The Entrepreneurs Association’s year is July 1st until June 30th of the following year.  The renewal period is during the month of July each year.  Members will be sent a renewal form according to their class of membership.