EO Cincinnati - for entrepreneurs only - is a local chapter of a global community that enriches members' lives through dynamic peer-to-peer learning and once-in- a-lifetime experiences.
Member Spotlight
Ed Horgan
Managing Member, Campus Management, Ltd.
Member Since 2004
Developer finding success with Walnut Hills renewal
Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Laura Baverman Staff Reporter
Ed Horgan knows that a combination of location, price and charm is what sells condos, even in the most desperate of markets.
Since opening a model unit in May, he’s averaged a sale a week at the historic Verona building in Walnut Hills and has just three of 42 units left in its neighbor on Park Avenue, the Cooper. Since 2004, Horgan and partner Al Merritt have sold 137 redeveloped units in the urban neighborhood nestled between downtown Cincinnati, Mount Adams, Clifton and Hyde Park. It’s an area once plagued by poverty and high crime rates, as well as home ownership levels below 30 percent, said Kathy Atkinson, a board member of the Walnut Hills AreaCouncil.
But Horgan is committed to restoring the community’s architectural gems into market-rate housing affordable to young professionals. The Verona was built in 1900 by the Emery family as country apartments for wealthy Cincinnatians. Its top level, which Horgan is converting to 18 loft-style apartments, housed servants quarters.
Fueling the Entrepreneurial Engine
Chapter Overview
The Cincinnati Chapter of EO had 59 members as of January 2008. Currently, members are between 33 and 52 years old, with an average age of 41 years. Annual sales by chapter members vary between $1 million and $90 million. Together, our member's companies have more than 1,123 employees.
Read more in the About Us section.
Membership
We are looking for dynamic and innovative entrepreneurs to join the ranks of EO Cincinnati. Requirements include the following:
- Be the founder, co-founder, owner, or controlling shareholder of a business
- Have gross annual sales in excess of US$1 million
- Join prior to your 50th Birthday
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EO Cincinnati Board meets the Second Thursday of every month, 7:30 a.m. at Truepoint Capital LLC offices.
A message from our Chapter President.
I've now visited with most every member in the chapter and can tell you that we have some amazing entrepreneurs in our Cincinnati chapter and I feel very lucky to have been asked to be a part of this organization over five years ago. Here's why. At the 2008 EO Global Leadership conference in San Francisco this May, EO Cincinnati was honored with the Rockstar Chapter award for excellence. Only 19 of the 208 chapters globally received this award and it is a tribute to the many dedicated, passionate entrepreneurial leaders within the Cincinnati EO chapter. This chapter is Rockin' to say the least. Each year we evaluate a limited number of qualified candidates to grow our membership with the right types of entrepreneurs. From my experience there is not another organization in the world like it. It is not a networking organization, it is much more than that. EO is about sharing experiences only fellow entrepreneurs could understand whether it be business-related, work/life balance or personal. I've come to realize that only someone like me, another entrepreneur sweating payroll and the next deal or situation, could understand my situation (both personal and business) and has likely gone through something similar to share the experience and help me through. EO Cincinnati has helped me grow personally and professionally. For me, the next level was to become well-rounded and outgrow that “helpless entrepreneur” who is always working and missing the big picture without sacrificing my financial success. Whatever your business situation is (and believe me we have all been there in the ups and downs), create your own success, rely on the support of your entrepreneurial peers and make it a great year!
Best Regards,
Gus Valen, EO Cincinnati President, FY09
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