Rudy Mutter is the Co-founder and CTO of Yeti, a San Francisco-based company that designs, develops, and launches first-gen digital products. Rudy is also the current President of the EO San Francisco Chapter. Previously, he worked as a software and web developer for companies including Verivo and athenahealth.
Franka Winchester is the Managing Partner and Co-founder of Pacific Crest Group, a professional services firm based in the San Francisco Bay area. Pacific Crest Group helps small companies improve their accounting, financial management, and human resources. Franka is also a long-time EO member and the incoming President of EO San Francisco for the 2022 – 2023 year.
Rob Castaneda is the Founder and CEO of ServiceRocket, a company based in Palo Alto that helps fast-growing software businesses engage with their customers for successful implementations. He is also a Mentor for Endeavor and Blitzscaling Academy. Rob will be the incoming EO San Francisco President after Franka during the 2023 – 2024 year.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- What motivated Rudy Mutter, Franka Winchester, and Rob Castaneda to join EO San Francisco?
- The stand-out features of the EO experience
- Memorable EO events and trips that Rudy, Franka, and Rob enjoyed and why
- The ins and outs of EO forums
- What does the path of leadership within EO entail?
- Advice to an entrepreneur that is considering joining EO
In this episode…
Are you an entrepreneur looking for more personal and professional growth opportunities? Where can you find lifelong, like-minded friends that you can grow with?
Entrepreneurs should be open to anything and always willing to learn. To successfully run their businesses, they need to consistently find ways to nurture their own interests. EO San Francisco offers the perfect platform for entrepreneurs that want to connect with other successful entrepreneurs and explore new possibilities for growth.
In this episode, John Corcoran sits down with Rudy Mutter, the Co-founder and CTO of Yeti, Franka Winchester, the Managing Partner and Co-founder of Pacific Crest Group, and Rob Castaneda, the Founder and CEO of ServiceRocket, to discuss their path to leadership in EO San Francisco. They explain what motivated them to join EO, the moments that stood out in their leadership journeys, and their advice to entrepreneurs considering joining EO.
Resources mentioned in this episode
- EO San Francisco
- Rise25
- John Corcoran on LinkedIn
- Rudy Mutter on LinkedIn
- Yeti
- Franka Winchester on LinkedIn
- Pacific Crest Group
- Rob Castaneda on LinkedIn
- ServiceRocket
- EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards
- Own the Room documentary
Sponsor for this episode…
EO San Francisco
This episode is brought to you by EO San Francisco.
The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a global, peer-to-peer network of more than 14,000+ influential business owners with 198 chapters in 61 countries.
If you are the founder, co-founder, owner, or controlling shareholder of a company generating over $1 million a year in revenues, and want to connect with other like-minded successful entrepreneurs, EO is for you.
The EO San Francisco chapter enables leading entrepreneurs in the Bay area to learn, grow, and achieve greater success.
The EOSF chapter was founded in 1991, and today we have over 100 members in industries ranging from marketing to agriculture to tech and professional services.
To learn how it works, or to come do a test drive come join us at www.eonetwork.org/sanfrancisco/.
This episode is also brought to you by my company, Pacific Crest Group.
Pacific Crest Group provides outsourced CFO, Controller, and bookkeeping services. You can learn more about us at https://www.pcg-services.com/
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