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Briefly

Charles Eide grew up influenced by entrepreneurial parents and honed his selling skills in high school while balancing multiple jobs. His early experiences included waiting tables and selling web development services. EideCom was launched in 2003, inspired by a sales conference experience that highlighted the significance of events. Eide possessed an innate ability to gauge audience engagement, helping to fuel his aspiration to create larger-than-life experiences in the events industry, moving beyond the wedding video production that led to burnout.
I was raised by two sales-minded entrepreneurs who really pushed me to think outside of the box. My mom taught me that I needed to learn to sell.
The inspiration came from attending a sales conference with my mom and falling in love with the impact that events have on humanity.
I always knew I was supposed to do something bigger in the events industry.
I had a natural ability to understand the dynamics of audience engagement from a very young age.
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