Comparación · 20 diferencias materiales
Vistage vs EO
A member-run association of owners with a published price, against the largest peer-advisory business in the world, run through independent Chairs and priced by quotation.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
Owners, founders and majority stakeholders of companies with at least US$1 million of annual revenue.
Vistage
CEOs, business owners and senior executives of companies with US$5 million or more in annual revenue.
EO and Vistage are often shortlisted together by owners of companies in the low millions, and the records show they are different kinds of organization. EO is a member-governed association: owners and founders with US$1 million in revenue apply to a chapter, are interviewed by members, and pay published global dues (US$2,470) and initiation (US$3,500) plus unpublished chapter dues. Vistage is a company, owned by private-equity investors since 2022, whose Chairs are independent contractors who recruit, select and facilitate their own groups of twelve to sixteen executives and provide one-to-one coaching; its core CEO programme is framed around companies of US$5 million or more, and it publishes no price.
The consequence is that EO's experience is shaped by the chapter and Vistage's by the individual Chair. EO's forum is a peer group of equals with a member as moderator; a Vistage group has a paid professional in the chair and a coaching relationship attached. Neither publishes selection statistics.
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| Entrepreneurs' Organization | Vistage | |
|---|---|---|
| Perfil | ||
| Tipo | Peer advisory | Peer advisory |
| Fundado | 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.) | 1957 (Founded as The Executive Committee (TEC) when Bob Nourse brought together several Milwaukee-area executives; renamed Vistage globally in 2006.) |
| Sede | Alexandria, United States | San Diego, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Chapters across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific | Operates in 40 countries, with peer groups meeting locally in cities rather than through member-run chapters |
| Miembros | 20,568as of September 2026 | 45,000as of September 2026 |
| Capítulos | 226 | Not applicable. Vistage has no member-run chapters; members join a local peer advisory group convened and led by a Vistage Chair. Vistage does not publish a group count. |
| Primary audience | Owners, founders and majority stakeholders of companies with at least US$1 million of annual revenue. | CEOs, business owners and senior executives of companies with US$5 million or more in annual revenue. |
| Miembro tipo | 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 decision-makers at small and mid-sized private companies. Vistage frames its core member as generating "$5M+ in annual revenue" and facing the operational complexity that comes with that scale; separate programmes exist for non-CEO executives and emerging leaders. |
| Qualification | ||
| Función o cargo | No published role or title | CEO, founder or owner for core membership; separate tracks for C-level (non-CEO), executive VP and vice-president/division-head rolesverified September 2026 · fuente ↗ |
| Ingresos mínimos de la empresa | US$1,000,000 in revenue in the most recent fiscal yearStandard test.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ | US$5,000,000+ in annual revenue for core CEO membershipVistage frames this as the profile it serves rather than a hard rule; other programmes exist for smaller businesses and non-CEO executives.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ |
| Número mínimo de empleados | Minimum 10 employees (venture-backed route only)Attached to the funding-based qualification, not to the revenue route.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ | No published minimum employees |
| Capital mínimo captado | 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 · fuente ↗ | No published minimum capital raised |
| Participación mínima en el capital | Must be the owner, founder or majority stakeholder of the businessverified September 2026 · fuente ↗ | 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 complete an application form and are then contacted by a local Vistage Chair, who interviews them and decides whether to place them in a group. There is no published central admissions committee. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed |
| Costo | ||
| Cuotas anuales | $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 · fuente ↗ | $25,000 a yearReported by Jed Daly, Infiniti Leadership (Jed Daly's own site) (2026): Vistage CEO groups led by Chair Jed Daly, Los Angeles (billed monthly). “The two CEO groups: approximately $25,000”verified October 2026 · fuente ↗ |
| Cuota de inscripción | $3,500 one-timeOne-time fee stated on EO's apply-for-membership page.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ | $2,500 one-timeReported by Paige McGlauflin, Fortune (2023-01-08): Vistage new members, US. “New members pay a one-time initiation fee of $2,500.”verified October 2026 · fuente ↗ |
| Cuotas del capítulo local | $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 · fuente ↗ | Vistage does not publish membership pricing anywhere on its public site. |
| Membership term | Annual renewal; global dues prorated by fiscal month on joining | Not documented |
| Estructura | ||
| 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 | Regular peer group meetings, generally monthly, plus one-to-one coaching sessions with the Chair |
| 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. | Peer advisory groups of 12-16 CEOs, business owners or key executives drawn from non-competing industries, facilitated by a Vistage Chair. |
| Confidentiality | Forum operates under confidentiality; EO publishes membership eligibility procedures and a policies-and-procedures document rather than the Forum rules themselves. | Groups are described as confidential; Vistage does not publish its confidentiality terms. |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Chapter-based, Forum-based, Event-focused | Forum-based, Event-focused |
| Foros confidenciales entre pares | Yes | Yes |
| Capítulos locales | Yes | No |
| Membresía virtual | No | Partial |
| Comunidad en línea | Yes | Yes |
| Directorio de miembros | Yes | Yes |
| Eventos | Yes | Yes |
| Programación | ||
| Programación educativa | Yes | Yes |
| Desarrollo del liderazgo | Yes | Yes |
| Retiros | Yes | Partial |
| Viajes | Partial | No |
| Programación familiar | Partial | No |
| Programación para cónyuges y parejas | Partial | No |
| Programación para la nueva generación | Not documented | No |
| Debates sobre inversión | Not documented | Not documented |
| Oportunidades de inversión | No | No |
| Componente filantrópico | Not documented | No |
| Énfasis en el networking | High | Medium |
| Énfasis social | Medium | Low |
Cuál es más adecuado y para quién
Análisis editorial, separado del registro anterior. Sigue el metodología. No se declara superior ninguna organización; la cuestión es la adecuación.
EO tends to suit founders and owners who want a peer community they belong to rather than a programme they buy (the forum, the chapter's social and learning calendar, the global events) and who are content with a member-moderated room. The published price makes it the easier of the two to budget for.
Vistage tends to suit chief executives who want facilitation and coaching from a professional, who value a group drawn from non-competing industries more than a community, and who are prepared to evaluate the specific Chair before joining, since that person is the product. Executives who do not own their company can join Vistage but not EO; owners well under US$5 million in revenue may find EO the only one of the two whose published profile they fit.
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