Ready to catapult your business to the next level?
EO Atlanta’s Accelerator Program provides a proven structure, network, and experiential learning platform to advance first-stage entrepreneurs to $1 million in 3 years or less.
Find out how.
We’re an immediate program.
Three years to get to $1 million.
It’s a goal, a challenge, a partnership, and when we’re all all-in, a reality.
You start with between $250k-999k annual revenue, and we get you beyond $1m in three years or less.
Members have a 40% higher probability of reaching $1m than any other business.
Membership immerses you into the Atlanta entrepreneurial community and connects you with 5-7 thought leaders and peers in a monthly forum.
Annual events offer provocative learning programs, renowned speakers, and amazing social venues.
We’re a reciprocal program.
Our peer-to-peer structure means you learn from and with other business owners,
discussing common challenges, sharing insights,imparting hard-earned wisdom, and ultimately growing together as you grow closer to each other.
Our structured educational content focuses on the first stages of your business lifecycle.
Through regular exposure to thought leaders and other highly successful entrepreneurs, you glean knowledge and insights you can’t get anywhere else.
With more than 18,000 EO members in more than 75 countries, we’re global, relevant, and always learning from each other.
We’re an accountability program.
We hold ourselves and our peers to high standards.
We show up to put in the work. And we apply our takeaways to our businesses and fold in new layers of accountability to how we manage staff, operate, and grow.
EOA-Atlanta taps into the essential nature of entrepreneurs to support the whole of our lives— beyond the business—to help each of us grow into our best self.
We’re a forum and a forge that prizes the value of shared experience and collective wisdom to sharpen all of us and get us to where we want to be—in business and in life.
EOA-Atlanta is our city’s small business catalyst that provides a proven structure, network, and experiential learning program to advance first-stage entrepreneurs to the next level.
As the Accelerator program of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO)— the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs with more than 18,000 members in 76 countries and across all industries—EOA-Atlanta is a purpose-driven community designed with a singular goal: to help leaders go farther than they thought possible and surpass the million-dollar threshold.
How do we do it?
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We're an immediate program.
You start with between $250k-999k annual revenue, and we get you beyond $1m in three years. It’s a goal, a challenge, a partnership, and when we’re all all-in, a reality.
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We’re a reciprocal program.
Our peer-to-peer structure means you learn from and with other business owners, discussing common challenges, sharing insights, imparting hard-earned wisdom, and ultimately growing together as you grow closer to each other.
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We’re a learning program.
Our structured educational content focuses on the first stages of your business lifecycle, and through regular exposure to thought leaders and other highly successful entrepreneurs, you glean knowledge and insights you can’t get anywhere else.
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We’re an accountability program.
We hold ourselves and our peers to high standards. We show up to put in the work. And we apply our takeaways to our businesses and fold in new layers of accountability to how we manage staff, operate, and grow.
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We’re a self-actualized program.
As entrepreneurs, we all share essential DNA to strive, invent, create, and push ourselves further each day. EOA-Atlanta taps into that essential nature to support the whole of the entrepreneur—beyond the business— to help each of us grow into our best self.
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EOA-Atlanta exists for entrepreneurs like you.
It’s a forum and a forge that prizes the value of shared experience and collective wisdom to sharpen all of us and get us to where we want to be— in business and in life.
Ready to join the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs?
Members of EO Accelerator meet the following criteria:
To qualify for the Accelerator program you must:
Be the owner or founder of an operating business with gross yearly revenues between US$250,000 to US$999,000.
To apply for admission to the Accelerator program, you must:
Complete an application and verify sales criteria
Meet with the local Entrepreneurs’ Organization liaison
Only qualified applicants will be considered.
Qualification does not ensure admission into the program. All applicants are subject to approval by the Entrepreneurs’ Organization.
Pricing and Payment Options
Tuition for the Accelerator Program is currently US$2,700 per participant (subject to change). This fee grants you access to four quarterly learning events as well as numerous networking opportunities with your peers. Upon acceptance into a local Accelerator program, these fees will be pro-rated from your start date through 30 June to align with a 1 July to 30 June fiscal year.
Have Questions?
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FAQs
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The EO Accelerator program is a learning program for entrepreneurs who want to grow their business to pass the $1M US mark and join EO through direct learning, access to mentors, leaders, peers and experts and the opportunity to take control of their business.
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Atlanta’s Accelerator chapter began March, 2012.
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No, our mentors, EO members, and participants will share from experience and provide tools and examples. It’s up to you to make the changes in your business to accelerate its growth.
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Not at all! We are a not-for-profit program and will only charge you participant fees to cover the cost of operating our program. Your business is your business. We just want to help you grow it.
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Four full-day learning events planned one per quarter, facilitated by EO members
Monthly Accountability Group meetings focused on goal-setting and peer accountability led by an EO Member
Use of EO goal-setting and tracking tools
Access to local and global EO events as shared
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Our content covers four main pillars for running and growing a successful business: Strategy, Execution, Cash, and People.
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Be the owner or founder of an operating business with gross yearly revenues between US$250,000 to US$1 million
For venture-backed companies to qualify, they must have privately raised funds between US$250,000 and US$999,999
Interest in growing your business rapidly
Interest in joining EO when you hit that $1M mark
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4 full-day learning events each year, 8-12 accountability group meetings (usually held 2-4 hours per month) and any additional time you need to apply changes and goals to your business.
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A full year of Accelerator is $2750 and covers 1 July – 30 June plus a one-time chapter initiation fee of $1000.
If you start after July, your rate will be prorated.
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Absolutely! Just let us know and we will work with you to make it happen.
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Yes! However, you each need to apply separately and pay individual participant fees.
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Yes, but they would need to apply and be accepted by the local programme and pay their own participation fees.
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The current average is 24 months. It all depends on what changes you make in your business and how you experience growth.
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We will partner with the EO Membership team to credit them towards your EO new member fees at the time of processing (by request only).