Behind the Business
The Exhilarating, Scary, and Satisfying Experience of Ownership

Join the Chamber and the Owners & Entrepreneurs Circle for our third annual special event celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit of Silver Spring! “Behind the Business: The Exhilarating, Scary, and Satisfying Experience of Ownership” will present a refreshingly honest and transparent panel discussion featuring local owners who will share their experiences running a business and the emotional rollercoaster that can sometimes entail. In what might be called a public “mastermind” session, you will have the opportunity to learn from their insights and gain valuable tips for your own entrepreneurial journey.

Tuesday, September 9 | 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center
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931 King St., Silver Spring, MD 20912​

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Next OEC Event

Tuesday, October 2
Nando's Peri-Peri

​5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

TOPIC: Your Fall/Winter Sales Momentum

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The Owners & Entrepreneurs Circle (OEC) is a peer-to-peer exchange group for GSSCC business owners. Through monthly round table meetings, the group provides a forum to share their experiences, challenges, and successes. The OEC is designed to help business owners build relationships, learn new skills, and grow their businesses.

We believe that entrepreneurship is essential to the economic vitality of Silver Spring. We are committed to providing the resources and support that entrepreneurs need to succeed.

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The OEC meets the 1st Thursday of every month.

See upcoming topics, locations, and dates.

Chamber Calendar

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Chairs:

 Andrea Dunathan
​Dunathan Consulting

Brad Eisenberg
​BE Lean

Walter Carlton
​Carlton Creative

Bruce Cotting
RLAH Real Estate

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2024 Entrepreneurs Evening Recap

On September 10, 2024, the Chamber and the Owners & Entrepreneurs Circle celebrated its second annual “Entrepreneurs Evening: A Panel, Conversation, and Celebration with the OEC,” at Montgomery College’s Cultural Arts Center. The event’s goal was to illustrate the power of shared experiences among entrepreneurs, emphasizing how learning from one another is fundamental to our growth as business owners.

​At its heart, the OEC is a peer-to-peer community that enables local business owners to learn from each other at our monthly small-group discussions. Our panelists, all active in OEC, willingly brought that feeling of participating in OEC to the stage, openly sharing the successes and failures that we’ve all experienced on the road to business growth. The audience of owners (and those who aspire to be) truly appreciated the panel’s candor, humor, and camaraderie! The whole experience reflected the benefit of belonging to the OEC and creating strong peer relationships that allow our local business community to flourish.

The full video of this year’s event can be found here. 

Thank you to our incredible panelists and moderator for creating such a dynamic discussion.