“It’s the hunger to write a new story that drives them to overcome their limited circumstances,” writes Carmine Gallo in his book, “The Storyteller’s Secret.” As I read this sentence—about how individuals change for the better and achieve greatness in their lives—I realized it had broader implications: It’s the hunger to

Greetings OK Community and friends! We hope this finds you very well, happy and enjoying spring. Thanks to all of you who made it out to our March Happy Hour at Spoken Moto. Click the image to see more photos 🙂 June Happy Hour Are you curious about Opportunity Knocks?

Happy Birthday Opportunity Knocks! Thank you all for a fun celebration of OK’s 20th Birthday at Rockin’ Dave’s Backstage Lounge last week! (Click the image here to view more party pics). Many thanks to Dave for hosting and preparing amazing appetizers, to Marisa Chappell Hossick for taking photos, and to our

Did you know that there are 1 billion websites on the Web today? How are people going to find your website in that digital clutter? I have a lot of great ideas that I’ve gleaned from nearly 20 years of experience launching 1000’s of websites and the one constant with

Greetings OK Community and friends! We hope this finds you very well, happy and enjoying an amazing summer. Here’s the stellar Opportunity Knocks Board of Directors at our last meeting – having fun, planning OK’s continuing growth, and celebrating our role as a vital resource for Central Oregon’s entrepreneurs, business

What traits does one need in order to be a successful entrepreneur, to choreograph employees, bankers, consultants, customers and others? What personal characteristics are needed to build a business created of vision, heart, desire, and good old blood, sweat and tears? To learn about the top 10 personal characteristics of successful

Through my own business exploits and being lucky enough to be around really smart business people and investors over the years, I learned that assessing a company can be easily summarized by using the letter M. I am not sure who originally simplified business tactics into “M’s”, but there are

Greetings OK Community!  Did you know April was National Volunteer Month? We wrapped up the month in fine form at a lunch with our facilitators last week. OK facilitators are some of the most brilliant and generous volunteers around! Thanks to all of them, we are able to offer valuable

Greetings OK Community We hope you’re having a great spring so far full of learning and adventure! Save the date for Principles of Leadership with Dr. Rod Ray May 20th at the OSU Graduate Research Center from 9am to 1pm. This half-day course, presented by OK and OSU-Cascades, will be

In this article by OK facilitator Eric Meade, learn what it means to be a true leader in your company. “As your company grows and matures, only through awareness, letting go, delegating and monitoring will it actually thrive.” Click to read more…