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You are not a number 3/16/2009

In 2006, the leadership of the Entrepreneurs Association evaluated the current membership and developed a plan to provide stabilization, functionality and vision for our organization. The result; a self imposed limit of 250 members, with 20 percent or less made up of professionals who service entrepreneurs and the balance made up of the principal shareholders of private companies, who have been in business at least five years and whose revenue exceeds $1.0 million. The current average revenue of an association company is over $12 million.

As the plan unfolded over the past three years, we have carefully grown, and we are happy to report, achieved our goal of 250 members. We feel it is important that all members be aware of and be able to share in the philosophy that led to this auspicious goal.

The size of the membership (250) was decided for the following these reasons:

• There is a natural limit to the span of service that any organization can offer effectively.
• To be a “high touch” organization, we have to know you and your business. We can only do that by engaging with you in an ongoing effort to understand what you are doing to grow your business.
• Knowing each member allows us to be helpful to you in a personal way.

The current make-up of the membership is:

Of the members listed above there are 136 members who are Masters and who help sponsor our Student programs.

While our organization’s membership will have its natural ebbs and flows, we feel this target number is an important marker; a testament to the strength in our membership base and the region as a whole.