مقارنة · 21 فوارق جوهرية
Entrepreneurs' Organization vs The Alternative Board
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
Owners, founders and majority stakeholders of companies with at least US$1 million of annual revenue.
The Alternative Board
Owners and leaders of privately held, growth-focused small and mid-sized companies.
ما تفيد به السجلات
- Role or title: Entrepreneurs' Organization: No published role or title; The Alternative Board: Business owner or leader of a privately held, growth-focused company.
- Minimum company revenue: Entrepreneurs' Organization: US$1,000,000 in revenue in the most recent fiscal year; The Alternative Board: No published minimum company revenue.
- Minimum employees: Entrepreneurs' Organization: Minimum 10 employees (venture-backed route only); The Alternative Board: No published minimum employees.
- Minimum capital raised: Entrepreneurs' Organization: Venture-backed alternative: at least US$2,000,000 privately raised, or US$5,000,000 publicly raised; The Alternative Board: No published minimum capital raised.
- Annual dues: Entrepreneurs' Organization: $2,630 a year; The Alternative Board: Pricing is set by each independently owned franchise and is not published centrally..
مقارنة جنباً إلى جنب
| Entrepreneurs' Organization | The Alternative Board | |
|---|---|---|
| الملف الشخصي | ||
| النوع | Peer advisory | Peer advisory |
| تأسّس | 1987 (Founded as the Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO) by Verne Harnish with 22 entrepreneurs as founding board members; renamed Entrepreneurs' Organization after the 2005 merger with the World Entrepreneurs' Organization.) | 1990 (Founded by Allen Fishman, reportedly in St. Louis, Missouri, after his own experience of the value a board of directors provided when his company went public. TAB began franchising in 1996.) |
| المقر الرئيسي | Alexandria, United States | Westminster, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Chapters across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific | Boards in 25 or more countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia, delivered through independently owned franchises |
| الأعضاء | 20,568as of September 2026 | Not disclosed as a current headcount. TAB's own FAQ states it has "supported more than 25,000 businesses worldwide", with "members representing over 1,100 industries" who "collectively generate $29.3 billion in gross revenue". Secondary sources report more than 4,600 current members globally; TAB does not publish that figure. |
| الفروع | 226 | 500 |
| Primary audience | Owners, founders and majority stakeholders of companies with at least US$1 million of annual revenue. | Owners and leaders of privately held, growth-focused small and mid-sized companies. |
| العضو النموذجي | Members are business owners rather than hired executives, and must hold controlling or majority ownership. EO states its member companies' median annual revenue is US$4 million, so the typical member runs a company well above the US$1 million entry threshold but far below YPO-scale businesses. | Members are owners and senior leaders of privately held companies, recruited locally by the franchise owner who facilitates their board; competing businesses are excluded from the same board. TAB states members represent over 1,100 industries and collectively generate US$29.3 billion in gross revenue, and reports an average member tenure of 4.7 years. |
| Qualification | ||
| الدور أو المسمى الوظيفي | No published role or title | Business owner or leader of a privately held, growth-focused companyTAB publishes no revenue, employee or net-worth threshold.verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ |
| الحد الأدنى لإيرادات الشركة | US$1,000,000 in revenue in the most recent fiscal yearStandard test.verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ | No published minimum company revenue |
| الحد الأدنى لعدد الموظفين | Minimum 10 employees (venture-backed route only)Attached to the funding-based qualification, not to the revenue route.verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ | No published minimum employees |
| الحد الأدنى لرأس المال المُجمَّع | Venture-backed alternative: at least US$2,000,000 privately raised, or US$5,000,000 publicly raisedApplies instead of the revenue test for venture-backed companies; requires a minimum of 10 employees.verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ | No published minimum capital raised |
| الحد الأدنى لحصة الملكية | Must be the owner, founder or majority stakeholder of the businessverified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ | No published minimum ownership stake |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | Not documented | No |
| Application process | Applications go to a local chapter, which reviews the candidate against the eligibility criteria and then schedules an interview to discuss their interest in EO. Accepted members go through onboarding within three months, including orientation, Forum training and placement into a Forum. | Prospective members contact a local TAB board through the site's board finder. The local facilitator coach screens and hand-selects members, excluding competitors of existing members, and places them on a board. There is no central admissions process. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed. Secondary reporting describes TAB as effectively invitation-based, with most members joining through referrals from existing members; TAB does not state this on its own pages. |
| التكلفة | ||
| الرسوم السنوية | $2,630 a yearGlobal dues, due at the start of each fiscal year (1 July); chapter dues are additional. “EO annual dues are US Dollar 2630.00.”verified October 2026 · المصدر ↗ | Pricing is set by each independently owned franchise and is not published centrally. |
| الرسوم الشهرية | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed. TAB states that membership dues are billed monthly with no binding contract and 30 days' written notice to leave, but terms and amounts are set locally by each franchise owner and no schedule is published.verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ |
| رسوم الانضمام | $3,500 one-timeOne-time fee stated on EO's apply-for-membership page.verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ | Pricing is set by each independently owned franchise and is not published centrally. |
| رسوم الفرع المحلي | $5,558 a yearStated by Entrepreneurs' Organization (2026-10-16): EO Chicago chapter (chapter initiation USD 3,500). “EO Chicago annual dues are US Dollar 5558.00”verified October 2026 · المصدر ↗ | Pricing is set by each independently owned franchise and is not published centrally. |
| Membership term | Annual renewal; global dues prorated by fiscal month on joining | Monthly billing, no binding contract; 30 days' written notice required to leave |
| الهيكل | ||
| Meeting frequency | Forum meets on a regular monthly cadence set by each Forum; chapters run additional events, with regional and global events through the year | Monthly board meetings of about four hours (described elsewhere on TAB's site as half-day sessions), plus a monthly one-to-one coaching call |
| Peer forums | Forum is a small confidential peer group operating under a structured protocol; EO does not publish a standard Forum size on the pages reviewed. | Boards of non-competing business owners, given as up to eight members on TAB's peer-advisory page and 8-10 on its membership page, each led by a TAB Certified Facilitator Coach. |
| Confidentiality | Forum operates under confidentiality; EO publishes membership eligibility procedures and a policies-and-procedures document rather than the Forum rules themselves. | Boards exclude direct competitors and operate as private advisory groups; TAB does not publish its confidentiality terms. |
| Time commitment | Not documented | About four hours a month for the board meeting plus a monthly coaching call, with a commitment to at least 12 meetings a year |
| Organized as | Chapter-based, Forum-based, Event-focused | Forum-based, Event-focused |
| منتديات الأقران السرية | Yes | Yes |
| الفصول المحلية | Yes | Yes |
| العضوية الافتراضية | No | Partial |
| مجتمع إلكتروني | Yes | Yes |
| دليل الأعضاء | Yes | Yes |
| الفعاليات | Yes | Partial |
| البرمجة | ||
| البرامج التعليمية | Yes | Yes |
| تطوير القيادة | Yes | Yes |
| ملتقيات | Yes | Not documented |
| السفر | Partial | No |
| البرامج الأسرية | Partial | No |
| برامج الزوج والشريك | Partial | No |
| برامج الجيل القادم | Not documented | No |
| نقاشات الاستثمار | Not documented | No |
| الفرص الاستثمارية | No | No |
| المكوِّن الخيري | Not documented | No |
| التركيز على التواصل | High | Medium |
| التركيز الاجتماعي | Medium | Low |
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