EO Accelerator is the Entrepreneurs' Organization program that gets first-stage founders to $1 million with a real curriculum, a monthly accountability group, and a coach who has already done it.
Full-day, quarterly: Cash (Jul–Sep), Strategy (Oct–Dec), People (Jan–Mar), Execution (Apr–Jun). Taught by certified EO member trainers using Verne Harnish's Scaling Up, the framework growth companies use worldwide.
You leave each day with a one-page plan you actually use.
Four to six owners and one EO member coach whose own business has run above $1M for at least three years. Four hours a month, in person, dates set a year out. 100% confidential.
Experience, not advice — nobody sells to anybody. Goals reviewed every month, and your peers notice when you slip.
A dozen more learning and social events across the year, EO Portland chapter events, and a directory of 1,000+ Accelerator members worldwide.
Plus the US West Regional Learning Event: a three-day Sales & Marketing intensive at the ARIA in Las Vegas, January 13–15. About $700 per person, with early-bird pricing near $4501 (early bird expected to close late September). Breakfast and lunch included; open to Accelerator participants.
Group norms: Fully present. Share the airtime. Curious, not judging. Experience, not advice.
Accelerator is built for owners between $250K and $1M. EO membership itself starts at $1M — so the threshold you are working toward is the same one that opens the next door. When you graduate, EO Portland cuts its initiation fee in half for Accelerator graduates: $3,500 becomes $1,750.
Under $250K? Ask about Ignitor, EO Portland's pre-Accelerator program.2
Commitment
Two years. All four Learning Days. Your monthly group.
Application
A short interest form or email, CPA-signed revenue verification, a background check, and a few essay questions.
About $212 a month. Most owners at this stage cannot afford a $2,000-a-month consultant. This is what they can afford — and it comes with fifteen peers.
What has most helped me grow my business? How do you develop work-life balance? These are frequent questions I get as the founder and CEO of Nossa Familia Coffee. And my #1 response is: I joined the Entrepreneur Organization Accelerator program. With EOA I found an amazing group of peers that I could learn from and commiserate with. I gained access to tremendous insights and lessons learned from businesses way larger than mine.
Joining the EO Accelerator program was a pivotal juncture in Mad Fish Digital's growth. Oftentimes as a business owner, it can feel as though we are alone on an island. Knowing that I had reached my limit of knowledge and experience, but not knowing where to turn, I was fortunate to find Portland's EO Accelerator program.
EOA exposed me to alternative ways of viewing my creative business. It has been invaluable to have the EOA "hive mind" to learn from and lean on — my EOA family has contributed to my business's success and I am so grateful.
