History & Background
The Entrepreneur’s Network is a LinkedIn group started in 2006 as a meeting place for business owners from around the world. It’s a place where entrepreneurs could share their stories and meet other founders and business owners.
LinkedIn did a great job of making it easy for business owners to opt into the group, and before long the group had over 50 members. The members were active, sharing stories and advice, and soon there were over 1,000 members. I personally tried to look at every new member and make sure members were not posting spam as articles.
Flash forward to 2018 – we now have 50,000 members with between 25 and 50 new member requests every day. Mid-way through 2018, my younger brother and father passed away. I fell behind in reviewing members and had over 1,500 members waiting for membership. I had an ambitious young entrepreneur, Sam Ragav from India, join my Entrepreneur’s Network team as an Admin, and he started reviewing new members requests as well. From August until the end of the year we approved over 5,000 new members. As of August 2023, we have over 115,000 members.
The Entrepreneur’s Network on LinkedIn and Clarity Fi
Over the last few years, LinkedIn has been increasingly limiting the ability to feature articles, communicate, and provide key information to the group.
Eprenz, PBC began as a way to service this community and its needs while striving to make a meaningful difference for 100,000 diverse entrepreneurs everywhere.
Eprenz and Clarity FI now partner to provide businesses, growth and profitably through financial business consulting, mentorship, bookkeeping, and financial leadership services sized just right for small businesses.
Early in 2018, we started surveying new members about what they would like to gain from this group. We learned many interesting things – You can check out the Survey Results. Among some of the most important finds were as follows:
And we heard from many people who completed the “other” field that they wanted genuine stories from real entrepreneurs about their challenges and successes.
We needed to provide the platform where all this could be shared, enjoyed, and learned.
Articles on the Entrepreneurial Journey
Having Entrepreneurs write their own stories about their successes and challenges addresses many of those requests
Business owners have a chance to help by sharing their lessons with others
People get to contribute and read content
People get to learn valuable information,whether starting out or running their own business
People have a chance to share “about their business”without writing a sales piece
Goal for the Group and this website
- Connecting Members to one another through our Connect Groups
- PeerConnect
- LeadConnect
- MentorConnect
- Expert Content & Stories of Entrepreneurship
- Learn from both peers and expert in our webinars and workshops.
Stories of Entrepreneurship
A series of articles from entrepreneurs with the goal to provide other business owners and soon-to-be business owners with a realistic picture of what it takes to run a business and some of the challenges commonly faced.
We are hoping that as a community we can learn from each other and even support each other in various ways. We hope these stories will be raw and real,not polished TV productions about entrepreneurship. We intend to leave the voice of the entrepreneur in the article and plan to provide only minimal editing.
These will be authentic stories of the challenges we face.Over time we plan to add more features to the Entrepreneur’s Network, such as ways entrepreneurs can connect with one another and learn about other businesses.
We hope you enjoy these articles. If you have a story you think is worth telling, or advice for founders and business owners, please feel free to send us a request at info@clarityfi.com.
